Cool vs. Chill

By Jaxson

  • Cool (adjective)

    Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

  • Cool (adjective)

    Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

    “a cool grey colour”

  • Cool (adjective)

    Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

  • Cool (adjective)

    Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.

    “His proposals had a cool reception.”

  • Cool (adjective)

    Calmly audacious.

    “In control as always, he came up with a cool plan.”

  • Cool (adjective)

    Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

  • Cool (adjective)

    Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.

  • Cool (adjective)

    In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.

  • Cool (adjective)

    Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.

    “Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?”

  • Cool (adjective)

    Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.

    “I’m completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me.”

  • Cool (noun)

    A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.

    “in the cool of the morning”

  • Cool (noun)

    A calm temperament.

    “calmness|composure”

  • Cool (noun)

    The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

  • Cool (verb)

    To lose heat, to get colder.

    “I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don’t burn my tongue.”

  • Cool (verb)

    To make cooler, less warm.

  • Cool (verb)

    To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

    “Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.”

  • Cool (verb)

    To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

  • Cool (verb)

    To kill.

  • Chill (noun)

    A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

    “There was a chill in the air.”

  • Chill (noun)

    A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.

    “Close the window or you’ll catch a chill.”

    “I felt a chill when the wind picked up.”

  • Chill (noun)

    An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body’s response to biting cold.

    “Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene.”

    “The actor’s eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience.”

    “His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone.”

  • Chill (noun)

    An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.

  • Chill (noun)

    The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.

  • Chill (noun)

    A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.

  • Chill (noun)

    Calmness; equanimity.

  • Chill (noun)

    A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.

  • Chill (adjective)

    Moderately cold or chilly.

    “A chill wind was blowing down the street.”

  • Chill (adjective)

    Unwelcoming; not cordial.

    “Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.”

  • Chill (adjective)

    Calm, relaxed, easygoing.

    “The teacher is really chill and doesn’t care if you use your phone during class.”

    “Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date’s right brain.”

  • Chill (adjective)

    “Cool”; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.

    “That new movie was chill, man.”

  • Chill (adjective)

    Okay, not a problem.

    “”Sorry about that.” “It’s chill.””

  • Chill (verb)

    To lower the temperature of something; to cool.

    “Chill before serving.”

  • Chill (verb)

    To become cold.

    “In the wind he chilled quickly.”

  • Chill (verb)

    To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.

  • Chill (verb)

    To become hard by rapid cooling.

  • Chill (verb)

    To relax, lie back.

    “Chill, man, we’ve got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up.”

    “The new gym teacher really has to chill or he’s gonna blow a gasket.”

  • Chill (verb)

    To “hang”, hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out.

    “Hey, we should chill this weekend.”

  • Chill (verb)

    To smoke marijuana.

    “On Friday night do you wanna chill?”

  • Chill (verb)

    To discourage or depress.

    “Censorship chills public discourse.”

Wiktionary
  • Chill (noun)

    an unpleasant feeling of coldness in the atmosphere, one’s surroundings, or the body

    “the draughty chill of the castle”

    “there was a chill in the air”

    “heat exhaustion symptoms include nausea, chills, dizziness and dehydration”

  • Chill (noun)

    a feverish cold

    “he was confined to bed with a severe chill”

    “we had better return before you catch a chill”

  • Chill (noun)

    a coldness of manner

    “the chill in relations between France and its former colony”

  • Chill (noun)

    a depressing influence

    “his statements have cast a chill over this whole country”

  • Chill (noun)

    a sudden and powerful feeling of fear

    “a chill ran down my spine”

  • Chill (noun)

    a metal mould, often cooled, designed to ensure rapid or even cooling of metal during casting.

  • Chill (verb)

    make (someone) cold

    “they were chilled by a sudden wind”

  • Chill (verb)

    cool (food or drink), typically in a refrigerator

    “chill the soup slightly before serving”

  • Chill (verb)

    (of food or drink) be cooled

    “they had some champagne chilling in the fridge”

  • Chill (verb)

    another term for chill-cast

  • Chill (verb)

    horrify or frighten (someone)

    “the city was chilled by the violence”

  • Chill (verb)

    calm down and relax

    “they like to get home, have a bath, and chill out”

  • Chill (verb)

    pass time idly with other people

    “she always seems to be just chilling with friends”

  • Chill (adjective)

    chilly

    “the chill grey dawn”

    “the chill winds of public censure”

  • Chill (adjective)

    very relaxed or easy-going

    “the island is really chill and laid-back”

    “in general, I am a pretty chill guy”

Oxford Dictionary
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