Chilling vs Relaxation - What's the difference?
chilling | relaxation |
Becoming cold.
* 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:
Causing cold.
Causing mild fear.
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
The act by which something is chilled.
* 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
Remission or abatement of rigor.
Remission of attention or application.
Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
(physics) The transition of an atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one.
(music) The release following musical tension.
As nouns the difference between chilling and relaxation
is that chilling is the act by which something is chilled while relaxation is the act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.As an adjective chilling
is becoming cold.As a verb chilling
is .chilling
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.
- It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it
- Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* bone-chillingNoun
(en noun)- To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires
relaxation
English
Noun
(en noun)- relaxation of the soft palate
- relaxation of efforts
