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

  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. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. Frosty as an adjective (figuratively):

    Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.

    Examples:

    "After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex."

  4. Frosty as an adjective (slang):

    Alert.

    Examples:

    "Stay frosty''."

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