The difference between Boil and Swelter
When used as nouns, boil means a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection, whereas swelter means intense heat.
When used as verbs, boil means to heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas, whereas swelter means to suffer terribly from intense heat.
check bellow for the other definitions of Boil and Swelter
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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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Swelter as a verb (intransitive):
To suffer terribly from intense heat.
Examples:
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Swelter as a verb (intransitive):
To perspire greatly from heat.
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Swelter as a verb (transitive):
To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.
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Swelter as a noun:
Intense heat.
Examples:
"The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years."