The difference between Boil and Freeze

When used as nouns, boil means a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection, whereas freeze means a period of intensely cold weather.

When used as verbs, boil means to heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas, whereas freeze means especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

check bellow for the other definitions of Boil and Freeze

  1. Boil as a noun:

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

  1. 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."

  2. Boil as a noun:

    A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.

  3. Boil as a noun (rare, nonstandard):

    The collective noun for a group of hawks.

  1. 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."

  2. Boil as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To cook in boiling water.

    Examples:

    "Boil the eggs for two minutes."

    "Is the rice boiling yet?"

  3. Boil as a verb (intransitive):

    Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.

    Examples:

    "Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius."

  4. Boil as a verb (intransitive, informal, used only in [[progressive]] tenses):

    Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.

    Examples:

    "It’s boiling outside!"

  5. 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?"

  6. Boil as a verb:

    To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.

    Examples:

    "to boil sugar or salt"

  7. Boil as a verb (obsolete):

    To steep or soak in warm water.

  8. Boil as a verb:

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

    Examples:

    "the boiling waves of the sea"

  9. Boil as a verb:

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

    Examples:

    "His blood boils with anger."

  1. Freeze as a verb (intransitive):

    Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

  2. Freeze as a verb (transitive):

    To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.

    Examples:

    "Don't freeze meat twice."

  3. Freeze as a verb (intransitive):

    To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.

    Examples:

    "It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh."

  4. Freeze as a verb (intransitive, informal):

    To be affected by extreme cold.

    Examples:

    "It's freezing in here!"

    "Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!"

  5. Freeze as a verb (intransitive):

    (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).

    Examples:

    "Since the last update, the program freezes / freezes up after a few minutes of use."

  6. Freeze as a verb (intransitive):

    (of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.

    Examples:

    "Despite all of the rehearsals, I froze up as soon as I got on stage."

  7. Freeze as a verb (transitive):

    To cause someone to become motionless.

  8. Freeze as a verb (figuratively):

    To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.

    Examples:

    "Over time, he froze towards her, and ceased to react to her friendly advances."

  9. Freeze as a verb:

    To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.

  10. Freeze as a verb (transitive):

    To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets

    Examples:

    "The court froze the criminal's bank account."

  1. Freeze as a noun:

    A period of intensely cold weather.

  2. Freeze as a noun:

    A halt of a regular operation.

  3. Freeze as a noun (computer):

    The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.

  4. Freeze as a noun (curling):

    A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.

  5. Freeze as a noun (specifically, in, _, finance):

    A block on pay rises.

  1. Freeze as a noun:

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