The difference between Boil and Well

When used as nouns, boil means a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection, whereas well means a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.

When used as verbs, boil means to heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas, whereas well means to issue forth, as water from the earth.


Well is also interjection with the meaning: used to acknowledge a statement or situation.

Well is also adverb with the meaning: accurately, competently, satisfactorily.

Well is also adjective with the meaning: in good health.

check bellow for the other definitions of Boil and Well

  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. Well as an adverb (manner):

    Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.

    Examples:

    "He does his job well."

  2. Well as an adverb (manner):

    Completely, fully.

    Examples:

    "a well done steak"

    "We’re well beat now."

  3. Well as an adverb (degree):

    To a significant degree.

    Examples:

    "That author is well known."

  4. Well as an adverb (degree, British, slang):

    Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).

  5. Well as an adverb:

    In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.

  1. Well as an adjective:

    In good health.

    Examples:

    "I had been sick, but now I'm well."

  2. Well as an adjective (hypercorrect):

    Good, content.

    Examples:

    "“How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”"

  3. Well as an adjective (archaic):

    Prudent; good; well-advised.

  1. Well as a noun:

    A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.

  2. Well as a noun:

    A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.

  3. Well as a noun:

    A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.

    Examples:

    "Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk."

  4. Well as a noun (figurative):

    A source of supply.

  5. Well as a noun (nautical):

    A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.

  6. Well as a noun (nautical):

    The cockpit of a sailboat.

  7. Well as a noun (nautical):

    A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.

  8. Well as a noun (nautical):

    A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.

  9. Well as a noun (military):

    A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.

  10. Well as a noun (architecture):

    An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.

  11. Well as a noun:

    The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.

  12. Well as a noun (metalworking):

    The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.

  13. Well as a noun:

    A well drink.

    Examples:

    "They're having a special tonight: $1 wells."

  14. Well as a noun (video games):

    The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.

  15. Well as a noun (biology):

    In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.

  1. Well as a verb (intransitive):

    To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.

  2. Well as a verb (intransitive):

    To have something seep out of the surface.

    Examples:

    "Her eyes welled with tears."