Boiled vs Steamed - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between boiled and steamed

is that boiled is past tense of boil while steamed is past tense of steam.

is that boiled is cooked in boiling water while steamed is cooked by steaming.

(head)

(boil)

(en adjective)

Cooked in boiling water.

(of water) having reached the boiling point

(colloquial) angry

(colloquial) drunk

* boiled egg * hard boiled * soft boiled

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(en adjective)

Cooked by ing.

(slang) Angry, hot under the collar.

He was steamed that the car cut him off, it took almost half an hour for him to calm down.

(head)

(steam)