The difference between Boil and Stew

When used as nouns, boil means a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection, whereas stew means a cooking-dish used for boiling.

When used as verbs, boil means to heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas, whereas stew means to cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

check bellow for the other definitions of Boil and Stew

  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. Stew as a noun (obsolete):

    A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.

  2. Stew as a noun (now, _, historical):

    A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.

  3. Stew as a noun (archaic):

    A brothel.

  4. Stew as a noun (obsolete):

    A prostitute.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir A. Weldon"

  5. Stew as a noun (uncountable, countable):

    A dish cooked by stewing.

  6. Stew as a noun (Sussex):

    A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.

  7. Stew as a noun (US, regional):

    An artificial bed of oysters.

  8. Stew as a noun (slang):

    A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.

    Examples:

    "to be in a stew'"

  1. Stew as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative):

    To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

    Examples:

    "I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole."

    "The meat is stewing nicely."

  2. Stew as a verb (transitive):

    To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.

  3. Stew as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):

    To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

  4. Stew as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):

    To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.

  1. Stew as a noun:

    A steward or stewardess on an airplane.

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