The difference between Freezing and Freezing cold

When used as nouns, freezing means the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature, whereas freezing cold means extreme and unpleasant cold.

When used as adjectives, freezing means suffering or causing frost, whereas freezing cold means extremely and unpleasantly cold.


check bellow for the other definitions of Freezing and Freezing cold

  1. Freezing as an adjective (literally):

    Suffering or causing frost

  2. Freezing as an adjective (by extension, chiefly, hyperbole):

    Very cold

  1. Freezing as a noun (uncountable, physics, chemistry):

    The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.

  2. Freezing as a noun (countable, medicine):

    The action of numbing with anesthetics.

  1. Freezing as a verb:

  1. Freezing cold as an adjective (idiomatic):

    extremely and unpleasantly cold

  1. Freezing cold as a noun (idiomatic):

    extreme and unpleasant cold