Cool vs. Heat: What's the Difference?

Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold

A form of energy associated with the kinetic energy of atoms or molecules and capable of being transmitted through solid and fluid media by conduction, through fluid media by convection, and through empty space by radiation.

Giving or suggesting relief from heat

The transfer of energy from one body to another as a result of a difference in temperature or a change in phase.

Marked by calm self-control

The sensation or perception of such energy as warmth or hotness.

Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive

An abnormally high bodily temperature, as from a fever.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of colors, such as blue and green, that produce the impression of coolness.

The condition of being hot.

Knowledgeable or aware of the latest trends or developments

A degree of warmth or hotness

Excellent; first-rate

The warming of a room or building by a furnace or another source of energy

Acceptable; satisfactory

A furnace or other source of warmth in a room or building

(Slang) Entire; full

A hot season; a spell of hot weather.

(Informal) In a casual manner; nonchalantly

Intensity, as of passion, emotion, color, appearance, or effect.

To make less warm.

The most intense or active stage

To make less ardent, intense, or zealous

A burning sensation in the mouth produced by spicy flavoring in food.

(Physics) To reduce the molecular or kinetic energy of (an object).

Estrus.

To become less warm

One of a series of efforts or attempts.

To become calmer

Sports & Games One round of several in a competition, such as a race.

A cool place, part, or time

A preliminary contest held to determine finalists.

The state or quality of being cool.

(Informal) Pressure; stress.

Composure; poise

An intensification of police activity in pursuing criminals.

Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

The police. Used with the.

Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

(Slang) Adverse comments or hostile criticism

Of a color, in the range of violet to green.

(Slang) A firearm, especially a pistol.

Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

To make warm or hot.

Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.

To excite the feelings of; inflame.

Calmly audacious.

(Physics) To increase the heat energy of (an object).

Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

To become warm or hot.

(informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.

To become excited emotionally or intellectually.

(informal) In fashion and fancy, part of or befitting the most leading trends and habits of the in crowd; originally hipster slang.

(uncountable) Thermal energy.

(informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.

(uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.

(informal) Very interesting or exciting.

(uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.

(informal) (followed by with) Able to tolerate; to be fine with.

(uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.

(informal) (of a pair of people) holding no grudge against one another; having no beef.

(uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.

(sarcastic) (of an act or situation)'' annoying, irritating.

The police.

A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.

One or more firearms.

A calm temperament.

A fastball.

The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

(uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate; oestrus.

To lose heat, to get colder.

In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.

To make cooler, less warm.

(countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race

To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.

To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

(countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.

(transitive) To kill.

(countable) A hot spell.

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

(uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.

Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.

(uncountable) The output of a heating system.

Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.

(countable) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.

Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.

To get a negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character).

Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.

(transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot often with "up".

Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

(intransitive) To become hotter.

A moderate state of cold; coolness; - said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.

To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.

To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.

To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.

To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.

To arouse, to excite (sexually).

To become less hot; to lose heat.

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode of motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric.

To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.

The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold.

The quality of being cool;

High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc.

Great coolness and composure under strain;

Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise.

Make cool or cooler;

A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats.

Loose heat;

A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three.

Lose intensity;

Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party.

Neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat;

Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation.

Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional;

Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency; as, in the heat of argument.

(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets;

Sexual excitement in animals; readiness for sexual activity; estrus or rut.

Psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike;

Fermentation.

Used of a number or sum and meaning without exaggeration or qualification;

Strong psychological pressure, as in a police investigation; as, when they turned up the heat, he took it on the lam.

Fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept;

To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like.

To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.

To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.

To grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat; as, the iron or the water heats slowly.

To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action; as, green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the dunghill.

Heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot.

A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

The presence of heat

The sensation caused by heat energy

Intense passion or emotion

Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

A preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

Utility to warm a building;

Make hot or hotter;

Provide with heat;

Arouse or excite feelings and passions;

Gain heat or get hot;