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Thawing vs Tempering - What's the difference?

thawing | tempering |

As verbs the difference between thawing and tempering

is that thawing is while tempering is .

As nouns the difference between thawing and tempering

is that thawing is the process by which something thaws while tempering is the act by which something is tempered.

thawing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process by which something thaws.
  • * 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.

    tempering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is tempered.
  • * 1872 , Louis Emmanuel Gruner, The Manufacture of Steel (page 29)
    • Caron has, in fact, discovered this very curious circumstance, that a bar of steel becomes shorter under successive temperings , while it increases in size, laterally, in such a manner, that there actually is an increase of volume.