The difference between Boil and Scorch

When used as nouns, boil means a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection, whereas scorch means a slight or surface burn.

When used as verbs, boil means to heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas, whereas scorch means to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it.


check bellow for the other definitions of Boil and Scorch

  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. Scorch as a noun:

    A slight or surface burn.

  2. Scorch as a noun:

    A discolouration caused by heat.

  3. Scorch as a noun (phytopathology):

    Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.

  1. Scorch as a verb (transitive):

    To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it

  2. Scorch as a verb (transitive):

    To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy

  3. Scorch as a verb (ergative):

    (To cause) to become scorched or singed

  4. Scorch as a verb (intransitive):

    To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground)

  5. Scorch as a verb:

    To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.

  6. Scorch as a verb (transitive):

    To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.

  7. Scorch as a verb (intransitive, colloquial, dated):

    To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.