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Overboil vs Boilover - What's the difference?

overboil | boilover |

As a verb overboil

is to boil excessively.

As a noun boilover is

a hazardous situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed oil- or petrochemical-fuelled fire with water, generating steam which propels the burning fuel outwards.

overboil

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To boil excessively.

    • Antonyms

    * underboil

    Anagrams

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    boilover

    English

    (wikipedia boilover)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hazardous situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed oil- or petrochemical-fuelled fire with water, generating steam which propels the burning fuel outwards.