Frigid vs Frozen - What's the difference?
frigid | frozen |
Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
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Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
(colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.
In the state of that which freezes; in ice form.
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(label) In a state such that transactions are not allowed.
As adjectives the difference between frigid and frozen
is that frigid is very cold; lacking warmth; icy while frozen is in the state of that which freezes; in ice form.As a verb frozen is
past participle of lang=en.frigid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.}}
Antonyms
* fervidReferences
* *frozen
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Nick Miroff
Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […], passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.}}
Verb
(head)- The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.