The difference between Boil and Furuncle

When used as nouns, boil means a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection, whereas furuncle means a boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.


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 Furuncle

  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. Furuncle as a noun:

    A boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.