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Dryer vs Freezing - What's the difference?

dryer | freezing |

As nouns the difference between dryer and freezing

is that dryer is a household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion while freezing is the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.

As adjectives the difference between dryer and freezing

is that dryer is an alternative spelling of lang=en while freezing is suffering or causing frost.

As a verb freezing is

present participle of lang=en.

dryer

English

(wikipedia dryer)

Alternative forms

* drier

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.
  • An electric hair dryer.
  • Any other device, household or industrial, designed to remove water, or humidity.
  • Synonyms
    * (household appliance for drying clothing) clothes dryer * (hair dryer)
    Hyponyms
    * (other drying device) dehumidifier

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (US)
  • freezing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (literally) Suffering or causing frost
  • (by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold
  • Synonyms

    * (literally) frosty * (very cold) ice-cold, icy

    Noun

    (wikipedia freezing)
  • (uncountable, physics, chemistry) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
  • * 1829 , James Macauley, The natural, statistical, and civil history of the state of New York
  • Hence, there is a succession of thawings and freezings . The former expand, and endeavour to restore the surface of the ground to its natural condition, while the latter contract and harden it.
  • (countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * freezing point