Brisk vs. Cold

Difference Between Brisk and Cold
Briskadjective
Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action
We took a brisk walk yesterday.Coldadjective
(of a thing) Having a low temperature.
A cold wind whistled through the trees.Briskadjective
Full of spirit of life; effervescing
Coldadjective
(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
The forecast is that it will be very cold today.Briskadjective
(archaic) sparkling; fizzy
brisk ciderColdadjective
(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
She was so cold she was shivering.Briskadjective
Stimulating or invigorating.
This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.Coldadjective
Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.Briskadjective
Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
Coldadjective
Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him.The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake.Briskverb
To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.
Coldadjective
Completely unprepared; without introduction.
He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.Briskverb
become brisk;
business brisked upColdadjective
Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
I knocked him out cold.After one more beer he passed out cold.Briskadjective
quick and energetic;
a brisk walk in the parka lively gaita merry chasetraveling at a rattling ratea snappy pacea spanking breezeColdadjective
(usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
Practice your music scales until you know them cold.Try both these maneuvers until you have them cold and can do them in the dark without thinking.Rehearse your lines until you have them down cold.Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold.Briskadjective
imparting vitality and energy;
the bracing mountain airColdadjective
(usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.
With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud.Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold.Briskadjective
very active;
doing a brisk businessColdadjective
(obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
Coldadjective
(obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
Coldadjective
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
a cold scentColdadjective
(obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
Coldadjective
Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it!Coldadjective
(painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
Coldadjective
(databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
Coldnoun
A condition of low temperature.
Come in, out of the cold.Coldnoun
(medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week.Coldadverb
While at low temperature.
The steel was processed cold.Coldadverb
Without preparation.
The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.Coldadverb
With finality.
I knocked him out cold.Coldadverb
In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.
Coldnoun
a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs);
will they never find a cure for the common cold?Coldnoun
the absence of heat;
the coldness made our breath visiblecome in out of the coldcold is a vasoconstrictorColdnoun
the sensation produced by low temperatures;
he shivered from the coldthe cold helped clear his headColdadjective
used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration;
a cold climatea cold roomdinner has gotten coldcold fingersif you are cold, turn up the heata cold beerColdadjective
extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion;
a cold unfriendly noda cold and unaffectionate persona cold impersonal mannercold logicthe concert left me coldColdadjective
having lost freshness through passage of time;
a cold traildogs attempting to catch a cold scentColdadjective
(color) giving no sensation of warmth;
a cold bluish grayColdadjective
marked by errorless familiarity;
had her lines cold before rehearsals startedColdadjective
no longer new; uninteresting;
cold (or stale) newsColdadjective
so intense as to be almost uncontrollable;
cold fury gripped himColdadjective
sexually unresponsive;
was cold to his advancesa frigid womanColdadjective
without compunction or human feeling;
in cold bloodcold-blooded killinginsensate destructionColdadjective
feeling or showing no enthusiasm;
a cold audiencea cold response to the new playColdadjective
unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication;
the boxer was out coldpass out coldColdadjective
of a seeker; far from the object sought
Coldadjective
lacking the warmth of life;
cold in his grave