Fry vs. Boil

Fry vs. Boil — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Fry and Boil

Fryverb

A method of cooking food.

Boilnoun

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

Fryverb

(transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.

I am frying the eggs.

Boilnoun

The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.

Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.

Fryverb

(intransitive) To cook in hot fat.

The eggs are frying.

Boilnoun

A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.

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Fryverb

To be affected by extreme heat or current.

Boilnoun

The collective noun for a group of hawks.

Fryverb

To suffer because of too much heat.

You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.

Boilverb

(transitive) To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

Boil some water in a pan.

Fryverb

To be executed by the electric chair.

He's guilty of murder — he's going to fry.

Boilverb

To cook in boiling water.

Boil the eggs for two minutes.Is the rice boiling yet?
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Fryverb

To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.

If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.

Boilverb

(intransitive) Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.

Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

Frynoun

A fried strip of potato.

Boilverb

Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.

It’s boiling outside!

Frynoun

A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.

Boilverb

To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.

I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?

Frynoun

A state of excitement.

to be in a fry

Boilverb

To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.

to boil sugar or salt

Frynoun

Offspring; progeny; children; brood.

Boilverb

(obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.

Frynoun

Young fish; fishlings.

Boilverb

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

the boiling waves of the sea

Frynoun

(archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.

a fry of children

Boilverb

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

His blood boils with anger.

Frynoun

The spawn of frogs.

Boilnoun

a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core

Frynoun

A kind of sieve.

Boilnoun

the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level;

the brought to water to a boil

Frynoun

A drain.

Boilverb

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

Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius

Frynoun

English painter and art critic (1866-1934)

Boilverb

cook in boiling liquid;

boil potatoes

Frynoun

English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)

Boilverb

bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point;

boil this liquid until it evaporates

Frynoun

a young person of either sex;

she writes books for childrenthey're just kids`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters

Boilverb

be agitated;

the sea was churning in the storm

Fryverb

be excessively hot;

If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried

Boilverb

be in an agitated emotional state;

The customer was seething with anger

Fryverb

cook on a hot surface using fat;

fry the pancakes

Fryverb

kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair;

The serial killer was electrocuted