Difference between Warm and Hot

What is the difference between Warm and Hot?

Warm as an adjective is having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; a mild temperature. while Hot as an adjective is of an object, having a high temperature.

Warm

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make or keep warm. To increasingly favour.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; a mild temperature. Being something that causes warmth, or the impression thereof. Caring or charming, of relations to another person. Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum. Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal. Ardent, zealous.

Example sentence: The perfect antidote to dark, cold and creepy is light, warm and cozy.

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 chargedRadioactive.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: There are two different things: there's grilling, and there's barbecue. Grilling is when people say, 'We're going to turn up the heat, make it really hot and sear a steak, sear a burger, cook a chicken.' Barbecue is going low and slow.

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

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