Hot vs Chill - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between hot and chill

is that hot is of an object, having a high temperature while chill is moderately cold or chilly.

As verbs the difference between hot and chill

is that hot is {{cx|lang=en|with up}} To heat; to make or become hot while chill is to lower the temperature of something; to cool.

As an acronym HOT

is hybrid orientation technique.

As a noun chill is

a moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

As an abbreviation CHILL is

an acronym for CCITT High Level Language.

hot

English

Alternative forms

* (physically attractive) hawt (slang, especially Internet''), hott (''slang, especially Internet )

Adjective

(hotter)

Of an object, having a high temperature.

*: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.

Of a person or animal, feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.

Feverish.

Of food, spicy.

(lb) Very good, remarkable, exciting.

Stolen.

(lb) Electrically charged

(lb) Radioactive.

(lb) Of a person, very physically or sexually attractive.

Sexual; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.

Popular; in demand.

Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.

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.

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, yummy

Antonyms

* (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) lifeless

Derived 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 hold

Verb

To heat; to make or become hot.

To become lively or exciting.

Synonyms

* hot up; heat, heat up

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chill

English

Noun

(en noun)

A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

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A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills , or susceptibility to illness.

An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.

An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.

(Raymond)

The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.

(Knight)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Moderately cold or chilly.

A chill wind was blowing down the street.

* Milton

Noisome winds, and blasting vapours chill .

(slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing. See also : chill out.

I'm pretty chill most of the time.

Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain.

(slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.

That new movie was chill , man.

Verb

(en verb)

To lower the temperature of something; to cool.

Chill before serving.

(metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.

To become cold.

In the wind he chilled quickly.

(metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling.

(slang) To relax, lie back.

Chill , man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up.

The new gym teacher really has to chill or he's gonna blow a gasket.

(slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out .

Hey, we should chill this weekend.

(slang) To smoke marijuana.

On Friday night do you wanna chill?

Derived terms

* chillax * chilliness * chilling * chilling effect * chill out / chillout * chill pill * chilly * libel chill * send chills / cast a chill

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