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Sweltering vs Sizzling - What's the difference?

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Sweltering is a related term of sizzling.


As adjectives the difference between sweltering and sizzling

is that sweltering is (of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky while sizzling is hot enough to make a hissing sound.

As verbs the difference between sweltering and sizzling

is that sweltering is while sizzling is .

As a noun sizzling is

such a hissing sound.

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)

    • sizzling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Hot enough to make a hissing sound.
  • (of food in a Chinese restaurant etc) Brought to the table in the metal dish it has been cooked in, making such a sound.
  • Exciting and intensely emotional.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Such a hissing sound.