heat vs temperature

heat

Definitions

noun

  1. the presence of heat
  2. utility to warm a building
  3. the sensation caused by heat energy
  4. a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
  5. the trait of being intensely emotional
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verb

  1. make hot or hotter
  2. arouse or excite feelings and passions
  3. gain heat or get hot
  4. provide with heat

Examples

Whisk the egg in a bowl and heat a little oil in a nonstick pan.

Some lucky local with an open fire had determined the evening warranted a little extra cheer, more than the central heating could provide, and had lit a small blaze on his hearth.

I walked out of the theatre feeling a little odd, as I often do when I have been deeply immersed in a film.

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temperature

Definitions

noun

  1. the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
  2. the somatic sensation of cold or heat

Examples

Ask for an aged standing rib roast from the forequarter, trimmed and chined; bring to room temperature before roasting.

Twenty microliters of each antibody was added to 100 L of blood, and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for 15 minutes.

The dominant ones were tree rings, and ice cores, but others like varves, pollen, lichens, historic soil temperatures, sea level (eustasy), land levels (isostasy) require similar audits.

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