What is the difference between hot and heat?

Heat is a synonym of hot.

As verbs the difference between hot and heat

is that hot is {{cx|lang=en|with up}} To heat; to make or become hot while heat is to cause an increase in temperature of an object or space; to cause something to become hot often with "up".

As an adjective hot

is of an object, having a high temperature.

As an acronym HOT

is hybrid orientation technique.

As a noun heat is

thermal energy.

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

Statistics

Anagrams

* 1000 English basic words ----

heat

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) hete, from (etyl) .

Noun

(uncountable) Thermal energy.

* 2007 , James Shipman, Jerry Wilson, Aaron Todd, An Introduction to Physical Science: Twelfth Edition , pages 106–108:

Heat' and temperature, although different, are intimately related. [...] For example, suppose you added equal amounts of ' heat to equal masses of iron and aluminum. How do you think their temperatures would change?if the temperature of the iron increased by 100 C°, the corresponding temperature change in the aluminum would be only 48 C°.

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

, title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}

(uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.

(uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.

(uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.

(uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.

(uncountable, slang) The police.

(uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.

(countable, baseball) A fastball.

(uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.

(countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race

(countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.

(countable) A hot spell.

(uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.

(uncountable) The output of a heating system.

Derived terms

* heat capacity * heat death * heat engine * heat exchanger * heat lamp * heatproof * heat pump * heat rash * heat-resistant * heat-seeking * heat shield * heat sink * heatstroke * heat treatment * heatwave * in heat * on heat

Etymology 2

From (etyl) heten, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To cause an increase in temperature of an object or space; to cause something to become hot (often with "up").

I'll heat up the water.

To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.

* Shakespeare:

Pray, walk softly; do not heat your blood.

To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.

* Dryden:

A noble emulation heats your breast.

To arouse, to excite (sexually).

The massage heated her up.

Synonyms

* stoke * warm up * heat up; hot up,

Anagrams

* English causative verbs