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Powerful vs Freezing - What's the difference?

powerful | freezing |

As adjectives the difference between powerful and freezing

is that powerful is having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence while freezing is (literally) suffering or causing frost.

As a noun freezing is

(uncountable|physics|chemistry) the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.

As a verb freezing is

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powerful

English

Alternative forms

* powerfull * powreful * powrefull

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • The powerful grace that lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 citation , passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
  • (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
  • Synonyms

    * * *

    Antonyms

    * *

    freezing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (literally) Suffering or causing frost
  • (by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold
  • Synonyms

    * (literally) frosty * (very cold) ice-cold, icy

    Noun

    (wikipedia freezing)
  • (uncountable, physics, chemistry) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
  • * 1829 , James Macauley, The natural, statistical, and civil history of the state of New York
  • Hence, there is a succession of thawings and freezings . The former expand, and endeavour to restore the surface of the ground to its natural condition, while the latter contract and harden it.
  • (countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * freezing point