Boiling vs. Evaporation

Boilingnoun

The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

Evaporationnoun

The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.

Boilingnoun

(uncountable) An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.

Evaporationnoun

The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.

Boilingadjective

That boils or boil.

‘boiling kettle’; ‘boiling oil’;

Evaporationnoun

(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.

Boilingadjective

Of a thing: extremely hot or active.

‘The radiator is boiling – I’m going to turn it down a bit.’;

Evaporationnoun

The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.

Boilingadjective

Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot.

‘I’m boiling – can’t we open a window?’;

Evaporationnoun

The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.

Boilingadjective

Of the weather: very hot.

‘It’s boiling out today!’;

Evaporationnoun

That which is evaporated; vapor.

Boilingadverb

(of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely

‘He was boiling mad.’;

Evaporationnoun

See Vaporization.

Boilingadjective

Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.

Evaporationnoun

the process of becoming a vapor

Boilingnoun

The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.

Evaporationnoun

the process of extracting moisture

Boilingnoun

Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.

Evaporationnoun

the process of turning from liquid into vapour

‘snow cover prevents evaporation of water from the soil’;

Boilingnoun

the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas

Evaporationnoun

the process of something abstract ceasing to exist

‘the police's attempt to dictate public policy led to a sudden evaporation of support’; ‘thousands of employees witnessed the rapid evaporation of their retirement plans’;

Boilingnoun

cooking in a boiling liquid

Evaporation

Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase. The surrounding gas must not be saturated with the evaporating substance.

Boilingadverb

extremely;

‘boiling mad’;

Boiling

Boiling is the rapid vaporization of a liquid, which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point, the temperature at which the vapour pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding atmosphere. At sea level the boiling point of water is 100 °C or 212 °F but at higher altitudes it drops to correspond with decreasing atmospheric pressures.