Boil vs. Broil

Boil and Broil Definitions
Boil
To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat
All the water boiled away and left the kettle dry.
Broil
To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element.
Boil
To reach the boiling point.
Broil
To expose to great heat.
Boil
To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.
Broil
To be exposed to great heat.
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Boil
To be in a state of agitation; seethe
A river boiling over the rocks.
Broil
To engage in a rowdy argument.
Boil
To be stirred up or greatly excited, especially in anger
The mere idea made me boil.
Broil
The act of broiling or the condition of being broiled.
Boil
To vaporize (a liquid) by the application of heat.
Broil
Food, especially meat, that is broiled.
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Boil
To heat to the boiling point.
Broil
A rowdy argument.
Boil
To cook or clean by boiling.
Broil
To cook by direct, radiant heat.
Boil
To separate by evaporation in the process of boiling
Boil the maple sap.
Broil
To expose to great heat.
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Boil
The condition or act of boiling.
Broil
To be exposed to great heat.
Boil
Lower Southern US A picnic featuring shrimp, crab, or crayfish boiled in large pots with spices, and then shelled and eaten by hand.
Broil
(transitive) To cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil.
Boil
An agitated, swirling, roiling mass of liquid
"Those tumbling boils show a dissolving bar and a changing channel there" (Mark Twain).
Broil
To brawl.
Boil
A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection. Also called furuncle.
Broil
Food prepared by broiling.
Boil
A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
Broil
(archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.
Come to broils
Boil
The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.
Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.
Broil
A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils, place men in what situation you please.
Boil
A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
Broil
To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
Boil
The collective noun for a group of hawks.
Broil
To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
Boil
A bubbling.
Broil
To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun.
Boil
To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
Boil some water in a pan.
Broil
Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
Boil
(ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.
Boil the eggs for three minutes.
Is the rice boiling yet?
Broil
Cook under a broiler;
Broil fish
Boil
To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
Broil
Heat by a natural force;
The sun broils the valley in the summer
Boil
To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
Boil
To be uncomfortably hot.
It’s boiling outside!
Boil
To feel uncomfortably hot.
I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
Boil
(transitive) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
To boil sugar or salt
Boil
(obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
Boil
To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
The boiling waves of the sea
Boil
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
His blood boils with anger.
Boil
To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.
Boil
To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.
Boil
To pass from a liquid to an aëriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.
Boil
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.
Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
Boil
To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.
Boil
To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.
Boil
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.
Boil
To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.
The stomach cook is for the hall,And boileth meate for them all.
Boil
To steep or soak in warm water.
To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner.
Boil
Act or state of boiling.
Boil
A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.
Boil
A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core
Boil
The temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level;
The brought to water to a boil
Boil
Come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor;
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius
Boil
Cook in boiling liquid;
Boil potatoes
Boil
Bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point;
Boil this liquid until it evaporates
Boil
Be agitated;
The sea was churning in the storm
Boil
Be in an agitated emotional state;
The customer was seething with anger