Frost vs Defrost - What's the difference?
frost | defrost |
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.
To remove frost from.
To thaw something.
(informal) To recover from something tiresome.
As verbs the difference between frost and defrost
is that frost is to get covered with frost while defrost is to remove frost from.As a noun 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.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
* ----defrost
English
Verb
(en verb)- I have just defrosted the fridge.
- Will you defrost the chops for supper tonight?
- See you tomorrow evening; I'll have defrosted from my trip by then.