Difference between Chilly and Cold

What is the difference between Chilly and Cold?

Chilly as an adjective is cold enough to cause shivering; or suddenly feeling cold while Cold as an adjective is having a low temperature.

Chilly

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Cold enough to cause shivering; or suddenly feeling cold Unfriendly or distant and cool

Cold

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A condition of low temperature.A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a low temperature.Causing the air to be cold.Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.Completely unprepared; without introduction.Deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: While at low temperature.Without preparation.With finality.

Example sentence: The Cold War was obviously driven by a very intense ideological struggle that was very clearly defined.

We hope you now know whether to use Chilly or Cold in your sentence.

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