The difference between Boil and Carbuncle
When used as nouns, boil means a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection, whereas carbuncle means a deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
Boil is also verb with the meaning: to heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
check bellow for the other definitions of Boil and Carbuncle
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Boil as a noun:
A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
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Boil as a noun:
The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
Examples:
"Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil."
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Boil as a noun:
A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
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Boil as a noun (rare, nonstandard):
The collective noun for a group of hawks.
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Boil as a verb (transitive):
To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
Examples:
"Boil some water in a pan."
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Boil as a verb (transitive, intransitive):
To cook in boiling water.
Examples:
"Boil the eggs for two minutes."
"Is the rice boiling yet?"
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Boil as a verb (intransitive):
Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
Examples:
"Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius."
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Boil as a verb (intransitive, informal, used only in [[progressive]] tenses):
Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.
Examples:
"It’s boiling outside!"
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Boil as a verb (intransitive, informal, used only in [[progressive]] tenses):
To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.
Examples:
"I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?"
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Boil as a verb:
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
Examples:
"to boil sugar or salt"
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Boil as a verb (obsolete):
To steep or soak in warm water.
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Boil as a verb:
To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
Examples:
"the boiling waves of the sea"
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Boil as a verb:
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
Examples:
"His blood boils with anger."
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Carbuncle as a noun (archaic):
A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
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Carbuncle as a noun (heraldry):
A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
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Carbuncle as a noun (pathology):
An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by bacterial infection.
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Carbuncle as a noun:
An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.