flu vs cold
Definitions
noun
- an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
Examples
Back on the boat and heading to shore, we spotted a spout, a fin and then the flukes of a humpback whale.
Only a few minutes had gone when the Welshman flung in an inviting right-foot cross to the back post.
At the last minute I decided to go, so I flung a few clothes together and left.
Definitions
adjective
- feeling or showing no enthusiasm
- extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
- unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
- sexually unresponsive
- lacking the warmth of life
noun
- the sensation produced by low temperatures
- the absence of heat
- a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
Examples
She was all cold and bedraggled after falling into the river.
He pulled himself up and stumbled to the bathroom, where he turned on the cold tap and collapsed at the bottom of the shower, barely awake.
A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell.
