The difference between Quenching and Temper

When used as nouns, quenching means the extinction of any of several physical properties, whereas temper means a tendency to be in a certain type of mood.


Temper is also verb with the meaning: to moderate or control.

check bellow for the other definitions of Quenching and Temper

  1. Quenching as a noun (physics):

    The extinction of any of several physical properties.

  2. Quenching as a noun (metallurgy):

    The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it.

  1. Quenching as a verb:

  1. Temper as a noun:

    A tendency to be in a certain type of mood; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.

    Examples:

    "to have a good, bad, or calm temper'"

  2. Temper as a noun:

    State of mind; mood.

  3. Temper as a noun:

    A tendency to become angry.

    Examples:

    "to have a hasty temper'"

    "He has quite a temper when dealing with salespeople."

  4. Temper as a noun:

    Anger; a fit of anger.

    Examples:

    "an outburst of temper'"

  5. Temper as a noun:

    Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.

    Examples:

    "to keep one's temper; to lose one's temper; to recover one's temper"

  6. Temper as a noun (obsolete):

    Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.

  7. Temper as a noun:

    Middle state or course; mean; medium.

  8. Temper as a noun:

    The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.

    Examples:

    "the temper of mortar"

  9. Temper as a noun:

    The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.

  10. Temper as a noun:

    The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.

    Examples:

    "the temper of iron or steel"

  11. Temper as a noun (sugar manufacture, historical):

    Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.

  1. Temper as a verb:

    To moderate or control.

    Examples:

    "Temper your language around children."

  2. Temper as a verb:

    To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.

    Examples:

    "Tempering is a heat treatment technique applied to metals, alloys, and glass to achieve greater toughness by increasing the strength of materials and/or ductility. Tempering is performed by a controlled reheating of the work piece to a temperature below its lower eutectic critical temperature."

  3. Temper as a verb:

    To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.

  4. Temper as a verb:

    To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.

  5. Temper as a verb (music):

    To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.

  6. Temper as a verb (obsolete, [[Latinism]]):

    To govern; to manage.

  7. Temper as a verb (archaic):

    To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.

  8. Temper as a verb (archaic):

    To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.

  9. Temper as a verb (obsolete):

    To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.

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