Dizziness vs. Chills: What's the Difference?
Dizziness and Chills Definitions
Dizziness
Having a whirling sensation and a tendency to fall.
Chills
A moderate but penetrating coldness.
Dizziness
Bewildered or confused
"I was dizzy with anger and shame" (Amy Benson).
Chills
A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin.
Dizziness
(Slang) Scatterbrained or silly.
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Chills
A checking or dampening of enthusiasm, spirit, or joy
Bad news that put a chill on the celebration.
Dizziness
Producing or tending to produce giddiness
A dizzy height.
Chills
A sudden numbing fear or dread.
Dizziness
Characterized by impulsive haste; very rapid
"There he sat ... gabbing at his usual dizzy pace" (H.L. Mencken).
Chills
Moderately cold; chilly
A chill wind.
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Dizziness
To cause to have a whirling sensation.
Chills
Not warm and friendly; distant
A chill greeting.
Dizziness
To confuse or bewilder.
Chills
Discouraging; dispiriting
“Chill penury repressed their noble rage” (Thomas Gray).
Dizziness
The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability.
Chills
(Slang) Calm or relaxed
“As my meditation routine grew more stable...my already laid-back demeanor grew positively chill” (David Gelles).
Dizziness
Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.
Chills
To affect with or as if with cold.
Dizziness
A reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
Chills
To lower in temperature; cool.
Chills
To make discouraged; dispirit.
Chills
(Metallurgy) To harden (a metallic surface) by rapid cooling.
Chills
To be seized with cold.
Chills
To become cold or set
Jelly that chills quickly.
Chills
(Metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling.
Chills
To calm down or relax. Often used with out.
Chills
To pass time idly; loiter.
Chills
To spend time with someone in a relaxed manner; hang out together.
Chills
Plural of chill
Chills
(biology) A biological response to being tickled; being cold; or experiencing fear, euphoria or sexual arousal in which the person forms goose bumps.
I get chills every time I hear that song.
That feathery touch on my neck gave me the chills.
Being under dressed for this weather has given me the chills.
When I tripped so close to the edge of the cliff, I felt chills across my whole body.
When we made eye contact, my heart fluttered and chills ran down my spine.
Chills
(medicine) A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.
