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Distant vs Frosty - What's the difference?

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Distant is a related term of frosty.


As an adjective distant

is far off (physically, logically or mentally).

As a proper noun frosty is

a generic name for a snowman.

distant

English

Alternative forms

* distaunt (obsolete) * dystant (obsolete) * dystaunt (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}
  • Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.

    • Related terms

    * distance * equidistant

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    frosty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Cold, chilly.
    • The air was frosty ; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets.
    I'd like a frosty milkshake.
  • Having frost on it.
    • The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.
  • (figuratively) Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.
    • After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex.