Hot vs Actual - What's the difference?
hot | actual |
Of an object, having a high temperature.
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*:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;.
Of the weather, causing the air to be hot.
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Of a person or animal, feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
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Feverish.
Of food, spicy.
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(lb) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
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Stolen.
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(lb) Electrically charged
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(lb) Radioactive.
(lb) Of a person, very physically or sexually attractive.
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Sexual; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
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Popular; in demand.
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Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
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Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
*1938 , Harold M. Sherman, "Shooting Stars," Boys' Life (March 1938), Published by Boy Scouts of America, p.5:
*:"Keep going! You're hot tonight!" urged Wally.
*2002 , Peter Krause & Andy King, Play-By-Play Golf, First Avenue Editions, p.55:
*:The ball lands on the fairway, just a couple of yards in front of the green. "Nice shot Sarah! You're hot today!" Jenny says.
Fresh; just released.
*1960 , Super Markets of the Sixties: Findings, recommendations.- v.2. The plans and sketches, Super Market Institute, p.30:
*:A kid can stand in the street and sell newspapers, if the headlines are hot .
*2000 , David Cressy, Travesties and transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England: tales of discord and dissension, Oxford University Press, p.34:
*:Some of these publications show signs of hasty production, indicating that they were written while the news was hot .
Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
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To heat; to make or become hot.
To become lively or exciting.
Existing in act or reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
, volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Factual, real, not just apparent or even false.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 (dated) In action at the time being; now existing; current.
(obsolete) Active, not passive.
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* Jeremy Taylor
Used to emphasise a noun or verb, whether something is real or metaphorical.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= An actual, real one; notably:
# (finance) Something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
# (military) A radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.
As nouns the difference between hot and actual
is that hot is a whit, a bit while actual is an actual, real one; notably:.As an adjective actual is
existing in act or reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.hot
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Alternative forms
* (physically attractive) hawt (slang, especially Internet''), hott (''slang, especially Internet )Adjective
(hotter)Quotations
* (English Citations of "hot")Synonyms
* (having a high temperature) heated; see also * (of the weather) baking, boiling, boiling hot, sultry, sweltering * (feeling the sensation of heat) baking, boiling, boiling hot * (feverish) feverish, having a temperature * (spicy) piquant, spicy, tangy * stolen * (electrically charged) live * (radioactive) radioactive * attractive, beautiful, cute, fit, foxy, gorgeous, handsome, hunky, lush, pretty, sexy, studly, tasty, yummyAntonyms
* (having a high temperature) chilled, chilly, cold, cold as ice, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, glacial, ice-cold, icy * (of the weather) cold, freezing, freezing cold, icy * (feeling the sensation of heat) freezing, freezing cold * (spicy) bland, mild * (electrically charged) neutral, dead * (slang) lifelessDerived terms
* a bit hot * as hot as hell, hot as hell * boiling hot * blow hot and cold * catch it hot, get it hot * give it to someone hot * give it to someone hot and strong * go hot and cold * go like hot cakes, sell like hot cakes * have the hots for * hot air * hot and bothered * hot-and-hot * hot bed * hot beef * hot blast * hot-blooded * hot bottle * hot box * hot-brain * hot-brained * hot bulb * hot button * hot cathode * hot chair * hot check * hot chisel * hot-closet * hot cockles * hot coppers * hot cross bun * hot cupboard * hot damn * hot date * hot diggety, hot diggety dog * hot-dip * hot-dipped * hot dipping * hot dog * hot favorite, hot favourite * hot flash, hot flush * hot-flue * hotfoot * hot from the press, hot off the press * hot gospeler, hot gospeller * hot gospeling, hot gospelling * hot hatch * hot-hatch * hothead * hotheaded * hot-hoof * hot-house, hothouse * hot-iron test * hot-key * hot laboratory * hot line, hotline * hotly * hot-making * hot melt, hot-melt adhesive, hot-melt glue * hot metal * hot money * hotness * hot on * hot on someone's heels * hot-panted, hot-pantsed * hot pants * hot pint * hotplate * hotpot * hot potato * hot-press * hot-presser * hot property * hot rod, hotrod * hot-rodder, hotrodder * hot-saw * hot seat * hot set * hot shift * hot shoe * hot-short * hotshot * hot-skull * hot-spirited * hot spot * hot spring * hotspur * hot squat * hot-stopping * hot-stove * hot stuff * hot-swap * hot tap * hot tear * hot tearing * hot-tempered * hotter * hottie * hotting * hottish * hot to trot * hot-trod * hot tub * hot tube * hot under the collar * hot up * hot wall * hot war * hot water * hot wave * hot well * hot wind * hot-wire * hot-wired * hot with * hot-work * hot-working * in hot pursuit * like a cat on hot bricks * make it hot for, make things hot for * run hot * smoking hot * too hot for * too hot to holdVerb
Synonyms
* hot up; heat, heat upStatistics
*Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----actual
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Adjective
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- her walking and other actual performances.
- Let your holy and pious intention be actual ; that is given to God.
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Usage notes
* In some foreign languages the counterpart of (actual) means “current”. This meaning also occurs in English written by non-native speakers, but is nonstandard English. * The phrase (term) is criticised by many as redundant., page 3Synonyms
* (existing in act or reality) real * (in action at the time being) present * positiveAntonyms
* (existing in act or reality) potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, nominal, hypothetical, estimated * (in action at the time being) future, pastDerived terms
* actualism * actualist * actuality * actualize * actualization * actuallyNoun
(en noun)- "Bravo Six Actual , Snakebite leader" (The person with the callsign "Snakebite leader" requests to speak to the commander of company Bravo and not the radio operator.)
