Frost vs Chill - What's the difference?
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A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 47.
The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.
(figurative) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
* Sir Walter Scott
(obsolete) The act of freezing; the congelation of water or other liquid.
To get covered with frost .
To coat something (e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.
To anger or annoy.
A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
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, title= A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills , or susceptibility to illness.
An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
Moderately cold or chilly.
* Milton
(slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing. See also : chill out.
(slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
(metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
To become cold.
(metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling.
(slang) To relax, lie back.
(slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out .
(slang) To smoke marijuana.
As nouns the difference between frost and chill
is that frost is a cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing while chill is a moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.As verbs the difference between frost and chill
is that frost is to get covered with frost while chill is to lower the temperature of something; to cool.As a proper noun Frost
is {{surname|lang=en}.As an adjective chill is
moderately cold or chilly.As an abbreviation CHILL is
an acronym for CCITT High Level Language.frost
English
(wikipedia frost)Noun
- It is more probable, in almost every country of Europe, that there will be frost sometime in January, than that the weather will continue open throughout that whole month;
- It was one of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow-wreath.
Derived terms
* black frost * degree of frost * frostbite * frostbitten * frostbound * frost-tender * frosty * hoar frost, hoarfrost * Jack Frost * permafrost * uremic frostVerb
(en verb)- I think the boss's decision frosted him, a bit.
Derived terms
* frostingAnagrams
* ----chill
English
Noun
(en noun)Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A chill wind was blowing down the street.
- Noisome winds, and blasting vapours chill .
- I'm pretty chill most of the time.
- Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain.
- That new movie was chill , man.
Verb
(en verb)- Chill before serving.
- In the wind he chilled quickly.
- Chill , man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up.
- The new gym teacher really has to chill or he's gonna blow a gasket.
- Hey, we should chill this weekend.
- On Friday night do you wanna chill?
