The difference between Calm down and Chill
When used as verbs, calm down means to become less excited, intense, or angry, whereas chill means to lower the temperature of something.
Chill is also noun with the meaning: a moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
Chill is also contraction with the meaning: i will.
Chill is also adjective with the meaning: moderately cold or chilly.
check bellow for the other definitions of Calm down and Chill
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Calm down as a verb (intransitive):
To become less excited, intense, or angry.
Examples:
"Calm down before you hurt somebody."
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Calm down as a verb (transitive):
To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.
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Chill as a noun:
A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
Examples:
"There was a chill in the air."
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Chill as a noun:
A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
Examples:
"Close the window or you'll catch a chill. I felt a chill when the wind picked up."
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Chill as a noun:
An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
Examples:
"Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene. The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience. His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone."
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Chill as a noun:
An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
Examples:
"rfquotek Raymond"
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Chill as a noun:
The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Chill as a noun:
A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
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Chill as a noun:
Calmness; equanimity.
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Chill as a noun:
A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
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Chill as an adjective:
Moderately cold or chilly.
Examples:
"A chill wind was blowing down the street."
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Chill as an adjective:
Unwelcoming; not cordial.
Examples:
"Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception."
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Chill as an adjective (slang):
Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
Examples:
"The teacher is really chill and doesn't care if you use your phone during class."
"Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain."
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Chill as an adjective (slang):
"Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
Examples:
"That new movie was chill, man."
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Chill as an adjective (slang):
Okay, not a problem.
Examples:
"Sorry about that."'' ''"It's chill."
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Chill as a verb (transitive):
To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
Examples:
"Chill before serving."
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Chill as a verb (intransitive):
To become cold.
Examples:
"In the wind he chilled quickly."
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Chill as a verb (transitive, metallurgy):
To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
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Chill as a verb (intransitive, metallurgy):
To become hard by rapid cooling.
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Chill as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To relax, lie back.
Examples:
"Chill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up."
"The new gym teacher really has to chill or he's gonna blow a gasket."
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Chill as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out.
Examples:
"Hey, we should chill this weekend."
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Chill as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To smoke marijuana.
Examples:
"On Friday night do you wanna chill?"
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Chill as a verb (transitive):
To discourage or depress.
Examples:
"Censorship chills public discourse."