Warmer vs Hotter - What's the difference?
warmer | hotter |
(warm)
Something that warms, such as a heater or a soup.
* 1993 , Raymond Sokolov, Why We Eat What We Eat
A piece of clothing for warmth, such as a bodywarmer or leg warmer.
An introductory activity, for example in a lesson, to stimulate interest in a topic.
(hot)
(UK, slang) One who steals a vehicle in order to joyride.
* 1992 , David P. Waddington, Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder (page 209)
(UK, dialect, North England, dated) To vibrate; to rattle.
* 1833 , Thomas Sopwith, An account of the mining districts of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale in Cumberland and Durham (page 137)
As adjectives the difference between warmer and hotter
is that warmer is while hotter is (hot).As a noun hotter is
(uk|slang) one who steals a vehicle in order to joyride.As a verb hotter is
(uk|dialect|north england|dated) to vibrate; to rattle.warmer
English
Adjective
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(en noun)Derived terms
* winter warmerAnagrams
* ----hotter
English
Adjective
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Unable effectively to give chase to the hotters for fear of endangering the lives of pedestrians and motorists, the police had been forced to play a waiting game
Verb
(en verb)- The jolting, hottering motion of the waggon, the splashing of the water, and the dark and narrow passage, all concur to produce a strange effect