Boiling vs. Heating — What's the Difference?

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.

A form of energy associated with the kinetic energy of atoms or molecules and capable of being transmitted through solid and fluid media by conduction, through fluid media by convection, and through empty space by radiation.

Heated to or past the boiling point

The transfer of energy from one body to another as a result of a difference in temperature or a change in phase.

Very angry or upset; seething.

The sensation or perception of such energy as warmth or hotness.

Used as an intensive

An abnormally high bodily temperature, as from a fever.

Present participle of boil

The condition of being hot.

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

A degree of warmth or hotness

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

The warming of a room or building by a furnace or another source of energy

That boils or boil.

A furnace or other source of warmth in a room or building

Of a thing: extremely hot or active.

A hot season; a spell of hot weather.

Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot.

Intensity, as of passion, emotion, color, appearance, or effect.

Of the weather: very hot.

The most intense or active stage

(of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely

A burning sensation in the mouth produced by spicy flavoring in food.

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

Estrus.

The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.

One of a series of efforts or attempts.

Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.

Sports & Games One round of several in a competition, such as a race.

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

A preliminary contest held to determine finalists.

Cooking in a boiling liquid

(Informal) Pressure; stress.

Extremely;

An intensification of police activity in pursuing criminals.

The police. Used with the.

(Slang) Adverse comments or hostile criticism

(Slang) A firearm, especially a pistol.

To make warm or hot.

To excite the feelings of; inflame.

(Physics) To increase the heat energy of (an object).

To become warm or hot.

To become excited emotionally or intellectually.

A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.

The act of making something hot.

Causing heat.

Present participle of heat

That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications.

The process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature

Utility to warm a building;

Serving to heat;