Frost vs Chilly - What's the difference?
frost | chilly |
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.
Cold enough to cause shivering; or suddenly feeling cold
Unfriendly or distant and cool
As a proper noun frost
is .As an adjective chilly is
cold enough to cause shivering; or suddenly feeling cold.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
* ----chilly
English
Adjective
(er)- I'm getting rather chilly over here - could you shut the window please?
- ''She gave me a chilly look when I suggested it