What is the difference between boiling and hot?
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The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
That boils or boil.
(of a thing, informal, hyperbole) Extremely hot or active.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=10 (of a person, informal, hyperbole) Feeling uncomfortably hot.
(of the weather, hyperbole) Very hot.
(of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely
Of an object, having a high temperature.
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*:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;.
Of the weather, causing the air to be hot.
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Of a person or animal, feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
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Feverish.
Of food, spicy.
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(lb) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
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Stolen.
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(lb) Electrically charged
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(lb) Radioactive.
(lb) Of a person, very physically or sexually attractive.
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Sexual; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
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Popular; in demand.
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Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
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Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
*1938 , Harold M. Sherman, "Shooting Stars," Boys' Life (March 1938), Published by Boy Scouts of America, p.5:
*:"Keep going! You're hot tonight!" urged Wally.
*2002 , Peter Krause & Andy King, Play-By-Play Golf, First Avenue Editions, p.55:
*:The ball lands on the fairway, just a couple of yards in front of the green. "Nice shot Sarah! You're hot today!" Jenny says.
Fresh; just released.
*1960 , Super Markets of the Sixties: Findings, recommendations.- v.2. The plans and sketches, Super Market Institute, p.30:
*:A kid can stand in the street and sell newspapers, if the headlines are hot .
*2000 , David Cressy, Travesties and transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England: tales of discord and dissension, Oxford University Press, p.34:
*:Some of these publications show signs of hasty production, indicating that they were written while the news was hot .
Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
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To heat; to make or become hot.
To become lively or exciting.
Hot is a antonym of boiling.
Hot is a synonym of boiling.
As verbs the difference between boiling and hot
is that boiling is present participle of lang=en while hot is {{cx|lang=en|with up}} To heat; to make or become hot.As adjectives the difference between boiling and hot
is that boiling is that boils or boil while hot is of an object, having a high temperature.As a noun boiling
is the process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.As an adverb boiling
is extremely.As an acronym HOT is
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(wikipedia boiling) (en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.}}
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* (English Citations of "boiling")Derived terms
* boiling hotAdverb
(-)- He was boiling mad.