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Torrid vs Sizzling - What's the difference?

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Torrid is a related term of sizzling.


As adjectives the difference between torrid and sizzling

is that torrid is very hot and dry while sizzling is hot enough to make a hissing sound.

As a verb sizzling is

.

As a noun sizzling is

such a hissing sound.

torrid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very hot and dry.
  • Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.
  • Full of difficulty.

    • Derived terms

    * torrid zone

    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.