Difference between Hot and Nigh

What is the difference between Hot and Nigh?

Hot as an adjective is of an object, having a high temperature. while Nigh as an adjective is near, close by

Hot

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of an object, having a high temperature. Of the weather, causing the air to be hot. Of a person or animal, feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort. Feverish. Of food, spicy. Stolen. Electrically charged Radioactive. Of a person, very physically or sexually attractive. Popular; in demand. Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.

Example sentence: When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas.

Nigh

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: near; close to

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: almost, nearly

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: near, close by

Example sentence: The field of ageing research is full of characters. We have hucksters claiming that cures for ageing can be bought and sold; prophetic seers, their hands extended for money, warning that immortality is nigh; and would-be Nobelists working methodically in laboratories in search of a pill to slow ageing.

We hope you now know whether to use Hot or Nigh in your sentence.

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