The difference between Freezing and Frosty
When used as adjectives, freezing means suffering or causing frost, whereas frosty means cold, chilly.
Freezing is also noun with the meaning: the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
check bellow for the other definitions of Freezing and Frosty
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Freezing as an adjective (literally):
Suffering or causing frost
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Freezing as an adjective (by extension, chiefly, hyperbole):
Very cold
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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.
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Freezing as a noun (countable, medicine):
The action of numbing with anesthetics.
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Freezing as a verb:
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Frosty as an adjective:
Cold, chilly.
Examples:
"The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets."
"I'd like a frosty milkshake."
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Frosty as an adjective:
Having frost on it.
Examples:
"The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year."
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Frosty as an adjective (figuratively):
Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.
Examples:
"After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex."
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Frosty as an adjective (slang):
Alert.
Examples:
"Stay frosty''."