The difference between Cool and Hip

When used as nouns, cool means a moderate or refreshing state of cold, whereas hip means the outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.

When used as verbs, cool means to lose heat, to get colder, whereas hip means to use one's hips to bump into someone.

When used as adjectives, cool means having a slightly low temperature, whereas hip means aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.

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  1. Cool as an adjective:

    Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

  2. Cool as an adjective:

    Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

    Examples:

    "a cool grey colour"

  3. Cool as an adjective:

    Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

  4. Cool as an adjective:

    Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.

    Examples:

    "His proposals had a cool reception."

  5. Cool as an adjective:

    Calmly audacious.

    Examples:

    "In control as always, he came up with a cool plan."

  6. Cool as an adjective:

  7. Cool as an adjective (informal):

    Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.

  8. Cool as an adjective (informal):

    In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.

  9. Cool as an adjective (informal):

    Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.

    Examples:

    "Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?"

  10. Cool as an adjective (informal):

    Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.

    Examples:

    "I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me."

  1. Cool as a noun:

    A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.

    Examples:

    "in the cool of the morning"

  2. Cool as a noun:

    A calm temperament.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: calmness composure"

  3. Cool as a noun:

    The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

  1. Cool as a verb (intransitive, literally):

    To lose heat, to get colder.

    Examples:

    "I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue."

  2. Cool as a verb (transitive):

    To make cooler, less warm.

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

    To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

    Examples:

    "Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980."

  4. Cool as a verb (transitive):

    To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

  5. Cool as a verb (transitive):

    To kill.

  1. Hip as a noun (anatomy):

    The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.

  2. Hip as a noun:

    The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

  3. Hip as a noun:

    In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Waddell"

  4. Hip as a noun (slang, possibly, dated):

    A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.

  1. Hip as a verb (chiefly, sports):

    To use one's hips to bump into someone.

  2. Hip as a verb:

    To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).

  3. Hip as a verb:

    To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.

  4. Hip as a verb:

    To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

  1. Hip as a noun:

    The fruit of a rose.

  1. Hip as an adjective (slang):

    Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.

  1. Hip as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To inform, to make knowledgeable.

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