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Frozen vs Boiling - What's the difference?

frozen | boiling |

As adjectives the difference between frozen and boiling

is that frozen is in the state of that which freezes; in ice form while boiling is that boils or boil.

As verbs the difference between frozen and boiling

is that frozen is while boiling is .

As a noun boiling is

the process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

As an adverb boiling is

(of adjectives associated with heat) extremely.

frozen

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • In the state of that which freezes; in ice form.
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    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= 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.}}
  • Immobilized.
  • (label) In a state such that transactions are not allowed.

    • Verb

    (head)
    • The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.
    English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles

    boiling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia boiling) (en noun)
  • The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That boils or boil.
  • (of a thing, informal, hyperbole) Extremely hot or active.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=10 citation , passage=With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.}}
  • (of a person, informal, hyperbole) Feeling uncomfortably hot.
  • (of the weather, hyperbole) Very hot.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "boiling")

    Derived terms

    * boiling hot

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely
    • He was boiling mad.
    English degree adverbs