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Frying vs Boiling - What's the difference?

frying | boiling |

As verbs the difference between frying and boiling

is that frying is present participle of lang=en while boiling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between frying and boiling

is that frying is the action of the verb fry while boiling is the process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

As an adjective boiling is

that boils or boil.

As an adverb boiling is

extremely.

frying

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb fry.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=October 7, author=Julia Moskin, title=Fried Chicken: A Migratory Bird, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Mr. Pemoulie said the chefs tried various types of flour, multiple fryings , turning the batter into foam, and adding vodka to it (that idea stuck). }}

    Derived terms

    * frying pan

    Anagrams

    *

    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