Difference between Cold and Stale

What is the difference between Cold and Stale?

Cold as a noun is a condition of low temperature. while Stale as a noun is a bird used as a decoy to trap other birds.

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: It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.

Stale

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having lost its freshness from age. Stale food, for instance, is food which is still edible but has lost its deliciousness.No longer new; no longer interesting; established; old; as, stale news, a stale joke, etc.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A bird used as a decoy to trap other birds.Any trap or lure.A low class of prostitute (originally used as a decoy by other criminals).A person's position, especially in a battle-line.An ambush.A division of armed men posted in a specific place, either for an ambush or for other reasons.

Example sentence: I'm all about showing people that I'm a little messed up, I have a lot of the same problems you have. By exposing myself and putting myself out there, people can relate to me and my act won't grow stale. I mean, nobody wants to hear a comedian say, 'Life is great.'

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

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