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Seeth vs Boiling - What's the difference?

seeth | boiling |

As verbs the difference between seeth and boiling

is that seeth is (archaic) (see) while boiling is .

As a noun boiling is

the process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

As an adjective boiling is

that boils or boil.

As an adverb boiling is

(of adjectives associated with heat) extremely.

seeth

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (see)
    • ...the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart - 16:7

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    boiling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia boiling) (en noun)
  • The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That boils or boil.
  • (of a thing, informal, hyperbole) Extremely hot or active.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=10 citation , passage=With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.}}
  • (of a person, informal, hyperbole) Feeling uncomfortably hot.
  • (of the weather, hyperbole) Very hot.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "boiling")

    Derived terms

    * boiling hot

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely
    • He was boiling mad.
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