Boil vs. Broil

To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat

To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element.

To reach the boiling point.

To expose to great heat.

To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.

To be exposed to great heat.

To be in a state of agitation; seethe

To engage in a rowdy argument.

To be stirred up or greatly excited, especially in anger

The act of broiling or the condition of being broiled.

To vaporize (a liquid) by the application of heat.

Food, especially meat, that is broiled.

To heat to the boiling point.

A rowdy argument.

To cook or clean by boiling.

To cook by direct, radiant heat.

To separate by evaporation in the process of boiling

To expose to great heat.

The condition or act of boiling.

To be exposed to great heat.

Lower Southern US A picnic featuring shrimp, crab, or crayfish boiled in large pots with spices, and then shelled and eaten by hand.

(transitive) To cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil.

An agitated, swirling, roiling mass of liquid

To brawl.

A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection. Also called furuncle.

Food prepared by broiling.

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

(archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.

The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.

A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.

A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.

To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.

The collective noun for a group of hawks.

To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.

A bubbling.

To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.

To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

(ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.

Cook under a broiler;

To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.

Heat by a natural force;

To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.

To be uncomfortably hot.

To feel uncomfortably hot.

(transitive) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.

(obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.

To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.

To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

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.

To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.

To pass from a liquid to an aëriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.

To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.

To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.

To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.

To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.

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.

To steep or soak in warm water.

Act or state of boiling.

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.

A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core

The temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level;

Come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor;

Cook in boiling liquid;

Bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point;

Be agitated;

Be in an agitated emotional state;