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Chills vs Numb - What's the difference?

chills | numb |

As verbs the difference between chills and numb

is that chills is third-person singular of chill while numb is to cause to become numb.

As a noun chills

is plural of lang=en.

As an adjective numb is

without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.

chills

English

(wikipedia chills)

Noun

(head)
  • (medicine) A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (chill)

    • numb

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.
  • Not able to react, surprised, shocked.
  • Causing numbness.
  • * Shakespeare
    • All thin and naked to the numb cold night.

    Antonyms

    * sensible, sensitive

    Derived terms

    * benumb * numbly * numbness * numbnuts

    Related terms

    * numskull

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to become numb.
    • The dentist gave me novocaine to numb my tooth before drilling, thank goodness.

    Synonyms

    * benumb