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Heatwave vs Boiling - What's the difference?

heatwave | boiling |

As nouns the difference between heatwave and boiling

is that heatwave is a period of very hot weather while boiling is the process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

As a verb boiling is

present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective boiling is

that boils or boil.

As an adverb boiling is

extremely.

heatwave

English

Alternative forms

* heat wave

Noun

(en noun)
  • A period of very hot weather.

    • 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