What is the difference between ok and cool?
ok | cool | Synonyms |
To approve.
(computing) To confirm by activating a button marked OK .
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all right, permitted
satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional
in good health or a good emotional state
Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
An utterance expressing exasperation, similar to ""
Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
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, passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:
Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
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, chapter=2 Of a person, not showing emotion, calm and in self-control.
Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
Calmly audacious.
* (Nathaniel Hawthorne) (1804-1864)
* 1944 November 28, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
(label) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
(label) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
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(label) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
(label) A dismissal of a comment perceived as boring or pointless.
(label) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
* (Henry Fielding) (1707-1754)
* (Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
A calm temperament.
(literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
To make cooler, less warm.
* Bible, Luke xvi. 24:
(figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
* Shakespeare:
Cool is a synonym of ok.
In computing terms the difference between ok and cool
is that ok is to confirm by activating a button marked OK while cool is CLIPS Object-Oriented LanguageIn informal terms the difference between ok and cool
is that ok is alternative case form of OK|lang=en while cool is of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.As nouns the difference between ok and cool
is that ok is endorsement; approval while cool is a moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.As verbs the difference between ok and cool
is that ok is to approve while cool is to lose heat, to get colder.As adjectives the difference between ok and cool
is that ok is all right, permitted while cool is having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.As an adverb OK
is satisfactorily, sufficiently well.As an interjection OK
is used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.As a proper noun OK
is acronym of Oklahoma,|lang=en a state of the United States of America.As an acronym COOL is
CLIPS Object-Oriented Languageok
English
Etymology 1
Of unclear origin. Wikipedia lists . it may be an abbreviation of a comical spelling of "all correct" as "orl korrect", such as first appeared in print in The Boston Morning Post on March 23, 1839, as part of a fad for similar fanciful abbreviations in the United States during the late 1830s.Alternative forms
* , ok, okaySynonyms
* (endorsement or approval) approval, endorsement, green light, thumbs upVerb
(en verb)- I don't want to OK this amount of money.
- Type a suitable name for your Marker and OK the dialogue box.
- When you OK the crop, the image size will be adjusted to match the front image resolution.
Synonyms
* approve * greenlightAdjective
(en adjective)- Do you think it's OK to stay here for the night?
- The soup was OK , but the dessert was excellent.
- He's not feeling well now, but he should be OK after some rest.
Synonyms
* allowed, all right, permissible * (satisfactory) adequate, all right, not bad, satisfactory * (in good health or a good emotional state) fine, wellAntonyms
* forbidden * (satisfactory) bad, inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory * (in good health or a good emotional state) ill, poorly, sick, under the weather, unwellSynonyms
* (satisfactorily) adequately, satisfactorilyAntonyms
* (satisfactorily) badly, inadequately, poorly, unsatisfactorilyInterjection
- I promise to give it back.'' Reply: ''OK .
- Let's meet again this afternoon.'' Reply: ''OK .
- Shut up!'' Reply: ''OK''', '''OK .
- OK! I get it! Stop nagging me!
- OK , I'm thinking of a number...
Synonyms
* PPsense, acknowledgement or acceptance}} okey-dokey, okeh, okey; ; all right * (sentence introduction) now, now thenDerived terms
(term derived from OK) * okay * okey-dokey * * 'kay * m'kay * A-OK * kthxbyeReferences
*How 'OK' took over the world, Allan Metcalf, BBC News Magazine (2011 February 18) *
The ‘O’ Word, Roy Blount, Jr., The New York Times Sunday Book Review (2010 November 19) *
OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word, Allan Metcalf, Oxford University Press (2010) * '>citation *
Allen Read, the Expert of 'O.K.,' Dies at 96, Douglas Martin, The New York Times Obituaries (2002 October 18) *
What does "OK" stand for?, Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope (1985)
See also
* oll korrect * * *Etymology 2
Anagrams
* ----cool
English
Alternative forms
* (slang) coo, kewl, kool, qewl, qoolEtymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . Related to (l).Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
- Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
- My father was talking to the World's Fair Commission yesterday, and they estimate it's going to cost a cool fifty million.
- The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
- He had lost a cool hundred.
- leaving a cool four thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket
Synonyms
* (having a slightly low temperature) chilly * (not showing emotion) distant, phlegmatic, standoffish, unemotional * (in fashion) ** (standard) , fashionable, in fashion, modish, stylish ** (colloquial or slang) happening, hip, in, trendy * (acceptable) acceptable, all right, OK * (not upset) easy, fine, not bothered, not fussed'''Antonyms
* (having a slightly low temperature) lukewarm, tepid, warm * (not showing emotion) passionate * (knowing what to do and how to behave) awkward, uncool * (in fashion) , old hat, out, out of fashion * (acceptable) not cricket (UK), not on, unacceptable * (not upset) bothered, upset * (unenthusiastic) warmDerived terms
* cool head * coolish * coolly * coolness * keep one's cool * lose one's cool * uncoolQuotations
* The earliest use of the word in this way seems to be in '"The Moonstone"1868: *: "She has been a guest of yours at this house," I answered. "May I venture to suggest — if nothing was said about me beforehand — that I might see her here?" *: "Cool!" said Mr. Bruff. With that one word of comment on the reply that I had made to him, he took another turn up and down the room. *: "In plain English," he said, "my house is to be turned into a trap to catch Rachel ... * In 1602, Shakespeare wrote that Queen Gertrude told Hamlet: *: "O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, Sprinkle cool patience."
Noun
(-)- in the cool of the morning
Synonyms
*(calm temperament) calmness, composureEtymology 2
From (etyl) colen, from (etyl) , altered to resemble the adjective cool. See (l).Verb
(en verb)- I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.
- Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.
- Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
- We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.