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Frozen vs Onhold - What's the difference?

frozen | onhold |

As verbs the difference between frozen and onhold

is that frozen is while onhold is (rare) to hold on (to).

As an adjective frozen

is in the state of that which freezes; in ice form.

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

    onhold

    English

    Verb

  • (rare) To hold on (to).
  • *1882 , Keningale Robert Cook, The king of Kent :
    • She leaped and trembled; still onheld his gripe, And gnawed her waning life.
  • *2008 , An Apple A day:
    • Because of economic downturn, I onhold my dream first and use my lovely office's notebook IBM Thinkpad T60P as my best friend.
  • (rare) To hold on.
  • *1919 , Middlesbrough (England). Education Committee, Proceedings :
    • Resolved, That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Secondary Committee onheld 8 July, 1918, be and they are hereby confirmed.

    Derived terms

    * (l)