The difference between Cool and Warm

When used as nouns, cool means a moderate or refreshing state of cold, whereas warm means the act of warming, or the state of being warmed.

When used as verbs, cool means to lose heat, to get colder, whereas warm means to make or keep warm.

When used as adjectives, cool means having a slightly low temperature, whereas warm means having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cool and Warm

  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. Warm as an adjective:

    Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.

    Examples:

    "The tea is still warm."

    "This is a very warm room."

  2. Warm as an adjective:

    Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.

    Examples:

    "We have a warm friendship''."

  3. Warm as an adjective:

    Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.

  4. Warm as an adjective:

    Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.

  5. Warm as an adjective:

    Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.

  6. Warm as an adjective (figurative):

    Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness

    Examples:

    "a warm piano sound"

  7. Warm as an adjective (archaic):

    Ardent, zealous.

    Examples:

    "a warm debate, with strong words exchanged"

  8. Warm as an adjective (archaic, colloquial):

    Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; rich.

  9. Warm as an adjective (archaic):

    Requiring arduous effort.

  1. Warm as a verb (transitive):

    To make or keep warm.

  2. Warm as a verb (intransitive):

    To become warm, to heat up.

    Examples:

    "My socks are warming by the fire."

    "The earth soon warms on a clear summer day."

  3. Warm as a verb (intransitive):

    To favour increasingly.

    Examples:

    "He is warming to the idea."

    "Her classmates are gradually warming to her."

  4. Warm as a verb (intransitive):

    To become ardent or animated.

    Examples:

    "The speaker warms as he proceeds."

  5. Warm as a verb (transitive):

    To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.

  1. Warm as a noun (colloquial):

    The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.

    Examples:

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    "Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?"

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