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
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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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Well as an adverb (manner):
Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
Examples:
"He does his job well."
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Well as an adverb (manner):
Completely, fully.
Examples:
"a well done steak"
"We’re well beat now."
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Well as an adverb (degree):
To a significant degree.
Examples:
"That author is well known."
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Well as an adverb (degree, British, slang):
Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
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Well as an adverb:
In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
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Well as an adjective:
In good health.
Examples:
"I had been sick, but now I'm well."
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Well as an adjective (hypercorrect):
Good, content.
Examples:
"“How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”"
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Well as an adjective (archaic):
Prudent; good; well-advised.
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Well as a noun:
A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
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Well as a noun:
A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
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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."
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Well as a noun (figurative):
A source of supply.
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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.
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Well as a noun (nautical):
The cockpit of a sailboat.
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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.
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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.
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Well as a noun (military):
A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
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Well as a noun (architecture):
An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
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Well as a noun:
The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
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Well as a noun (metalworking):
The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
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Well as a noun:
A well drink.
Examples:
"They're having a special tonight: $1 wells."
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Well as a noun (video games):
The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
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Well as a noun (biology):
In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
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Well as a verb (intransitive):
To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
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Well as a verb (intransitive):
To have something seep out of the surface.
Examples:
"Her eyes welled with tears."