Chill vs. Shiver

Difference Between Chill and Shiver
Chillnoun
A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
There was a chill in the air.Shiververb
To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
They stood outside for hours, shivering in the frosty air.Chillnoun
A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
Close the window or you'll catch a chill.I felt a chill when the wind picked up.Shiververb
To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
Chillnoun
An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene.The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience.His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone.Shiververb
To break into splinters or fragments.
Chillnoun
An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
Shivernoun
The act of shivering.
A shiver went up my spine.Chillnoun
The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
Shivernoun
(medicine) A bodily response to early hypothermia.Wp
Chillnoun
A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
Shivernoun
A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
Chillnoun
Calmness; equanimity.
Shivernoun
A thin slice; a shive.
Chillnoun
A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
Shivernoun
(geology) A variety of blue slate.
Chilladjective
Moderately cold or chilly.
A chill wind was blowing down the street.Shivernoun
(nautical) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
Chilladjective
Unwelcoming; not cordial.
Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.Shivernoun
A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
Chilladjective
(slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
The teacher is really chill and doesn't care if you use your phone during class.Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain.Shivernoun
A spindle.
Chilladjective
(slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
That new movie was chill, man.Shivernoun
reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement
Chilladjective
(slang) Okay, not a problem.
"Sorry about that." "It's chill."Shivernoun
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright;
a frisson of surprise shot through himChillverb
(transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
Chill before serving.Shiververb
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
Chillverb
(intransitive) To become cold.
In the wind he chilled quickly.Shiververb
shake, as from cold;
The children are shivering--turn on the heat!Chillverb
To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
Chillverb
To become hard by rapid cooling.
Chillverb
To relax, lie back.
Chill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up.The new gym teacher really has to chill or he's gonna blow a gasket.Chillverb
To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out.
Hey, we should chill this weekend.Chillverb
To smoke marijuana.
On Friday night do you wanna chill?Chillverb
(transitive) To discourage or depress.
Censorship chills public discourse.Chillnoun
coldness due to a cold environment
Chillnoun
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright;
a frisson of surprise shot through himChillnoun
a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
Chillnoun
a sudden numbing dread
Chillverb
depress or discourage;
The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiersChillverb
make cool or cooler;
Chill the foodChillverb
loose heat;
The air cooled considerably after the thunderstormChilladjective
uncomfortably cool;
a chill windchilly weather