Cool vs Hot - What's the difference?
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Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
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Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
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, chapter=2 Of a person, not showing emotion, calm and in self-control.
Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
Calmly audacious.
* (Nathaniel Hawthorne) (1804-1864)
* 1944 November 28, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
(label) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
(label) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
* 2008 , Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in'' Nate Green, ''Built for Show , page xii
(label) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
(label) A dismissal of a comment perceived as boring or pointless.
(label) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
* (Henry Fielding) (1707-1754)
* (Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
A calm temperament.
(literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
To make cooler, less warm.
* Bible, Luke xvi. 24:
(figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
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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 synonym of cool.
In informal terms the difference between cool and hot
is that cool is of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting while hot is radioactive.As adjectives the difference between cool and hot
is that cool is having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold while hot is of an object, having a high temperature.As verbs the difference between cool and hot
is that cool is to lose heat, to get colder while hot is {{cx|lang=en|with up}} To heat; to make or become hot.As acronyms the difference between cool and hot
is that cool is CLIPS Object-Oriented LanguageHOT is hybrid orientation technique.As a noun cool
is a moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.cool
English
Alternative forms
* (slang) coo, kewl, kool, qewl, qoolEtymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . Related to (l).Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
- Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
- My father was talking to the World's Fair Commission yesterday, and they estimate it's going to cost a cool fifty million.
- The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
- He had lost a cool hundred.
- leaving a cool four thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket
Synonyms
* (having a slightly low temperature) chilly * (not showing emotion) distant, phlegmatic, standoffish, unemotional * (in fashion) ** (standard) , fashionable, in fashion, modish, stylish ** (colloquial or slang) happening, hip, in, trendy * (acceptable) acceptable, all right, OK * (not upset) easy, fine, not bothered, not fussed'''Antonyms
* (having a slightly low temperature) lukewarm, tepid, warm * (not showing emotion) passionate * (knowing what to do and how to behave) awkward, uncool * (in fashion) , old hat, out, out of fashion * (acceptable) not cricket (UK), not on, unacceptable * (not upset) bothered, upset * (unenthusiastic) warmDerived terms
* cool head * coolish * coolly * coolness * keep one's cool * lose one's cool * uncoolQuotations
* The earliest use of the word in this way seems to be in '"The Moonstone"1868: *: "She has been a guest of yours at this house," I answered. "May I venture to suggest — if nothing was said about me beforehand — that I might see her here?" *: "Cool!" said Mr. Bruff. With that one word of comment on the reply that I had made to him, he took another turn up and down the room. *: "In plain English," he said, "my house is to be turned into a trap to catch Rachel ... * In 1602, Shakespeare wrote that Queen Gertrude told Hamlet: *: "O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, Sprinkle cool patience."
Noun
(-)- in the cool of the morning
Synonyms
*(calm temperament) calmness, composureEtymology 2
From (etyl) colen, from (etyl) , altered to resemble the adjective cool. See (l).Verb
(en verb)- I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.
- Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.
- Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
- We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.