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Steamy vs Sweltering - What's the difference?

steamy | sweltering |

As adjectives the difference between steamy and sweltering

is that steamy is warm and humid; full of steam while sweltering is (of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky.

As a verb sweltering is

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steamy

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • warm and humid; full of steam
    • My glasses fogged up when I walked into the steamy room.
  • (slang) erotic
    • Her latest novel was very steamy , but still managed to top the charts.
    I'm having a steamy affair with an Armenian boxer.

    Derived terms

    * steaminess

    Anagrams

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    sweltering

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky
    • The day was sweltering , so Lauren put on the shortest pair of shorts she could find and went to get ice-cream with her friend Rob.

    Verb

    (head)