Heat and Work

Heat

Heat verb - To cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree.

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Work and heat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a verb "Heat".

Nearby Words: heated, heating, heater

Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Heat and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heat" instead a verb "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

old	old heat	old work
good	good heat	good work
better	better heat	better work
specific	specific heat	specific work
Other adjectives: regular, actual, real, great, serious, little, quick, major, final, less, extra, said.

body	heat body	work body
bit	heat bit	work bit

Sympathy in The Kingkiller Chronicle follows the actual First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, so that heat and work applied to a target have to be taken from somewhere and transfer of energy can be rather inefficient.

Source: Equivalent Exchange
It is now believed by many that the so-called "heat ray" used by Archimedes to help defend Syracuse from the Romans in the 3rd century BC would not work to set fire to ships using parabolic mirrors.

Source: Blinded by the Light
Scientifically Understandable Sorcery : Modern freezing spells work by slowing down molecules, and heat spells work the opposite.

Source: Light Novel / The Irregular at Magic High School

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