Chill
Chill noun - An uncomfortable degree of coolness.
Usage example: there's a chill in the air, so you'd better wear a sweater
Heat
Heat verb - To cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree.
Usage example: heat the oven to 350 degrees before you put the cake in
How words are described
| high | high chill | high heat |
| great | great chill | great heat |
| little | little chill | little heat |
| sudden | sudden chill | sudden heat |
Common collocations
| atmosphere | chill atmosphere | heat atmosphere |
| bit | chill bit | heat bit |
| can | chill can | heat can |
| blood | chill blood | heat blood |
| Other words: planet. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Superspeed was commonly used to clean up or paint the house, heat vision was used to heat coffee and ice breath was used to chill champagne.
Source: Mundane Utility / Comic Books -
Feeling a chill as the chemicals draw away his body heat, he then asks one of the other brain-trusts if he has a light.
Source: Series / 1000 Ways to Die - In The Stone Tape (1972) the scientists speculate that the chill is caused by heat being drawn out of the air and converted to other forms of energy, to create the physical manifestation of the ghost.
Source: Ghostly Chill
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