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Quenching vs Chilling - What's the difference?

quenching | chilling |

As nouns the difference between quenching and chilling

is that quenching is (physics) the extinction of any of several physical properties while chilling is the act by which something is chilled.

As verbs the difference between quenching and chilling

is that quenching is while chilling is .

As an adjective chilling is

becoming cold.

quenching

English

(wikipedia quenching)

Noun

  • (physics) The extinction of any of several physical properties.
  • The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it.

    • Derived terms

    * quenching frequency * quenching oil * quenching stress

    Verb

    (head)

    • chilling

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Becoming cold.
  • * 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:
    • As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.
  • Causing cold.
  • Causing mild fear.
    • It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * bone-chilling

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is chilled.
  • * 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
    • To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires