Call vs. Cool — What's the Difference?

To say in a loud voice; announce

Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold

To demand or ask for the presence of

Giving or suggesting relief from heat

To demand or ask for a meeting of; convene or convoke

Marked by calm self-control

To order or request to undertake a particular activity or work; summon

Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive

To give the command for; order

Of, relating to, or characteristic of colors, such as blue and green, that produce the impression of coolness.

To communicate or try to communicate with by telephone

Knowledgeable or aware of the latest trends or developments

To dial (a telephone number)

Excellent; first-rate

To lure (prey) by imitating the characteristic cry of an animal

Acceptable; satisfactory

To cause to come to the mind or to attention

(Slang) Entire; full

To name

(Informal) In a casual manner; nonchalantly

To consider or regard as being of a particular type or kind; characterize

To make less warm.

To designate; label

To make less ardent, intense, or zealous

To demand payment of

(Physics) To reduce the molecular or kinetic energy of (an object).

To require the presentation of (a bond) for redemption before maturity.

To become less warm

To force the sale of (a stock or commodity) by exercising a call option.

To become calmer

To stop or postpone (a game) because of bad weather, darkness, or other adverse conditions.

A cool place, part, or time

To declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee

The state or quality of being cool.

To indicate a decision in regard to

Composure; poise

To give the orders or signals for

Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

To describe the intended outcome of (one's billiard shot) before playing.

Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

In poker, to place a bet equal to (the preceding bet or bettor).

Of a color, in the range of violet to green.

To indicate or characterize accurately in advance; predict

Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

To challenge the truthfulness or genuineness of

Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.

To shout directions in rhythm for (a square dance).

Calmly audacious.

To speak loudly; shout

Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

To utter a characteristic cry. Used of an animal

(informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.

To communicate or try to communicate with someone by telephone

(informal) In fashion and fancy, part of or befitting the most leading trends and habits of the in crowd; originally hipster slang.

To pay a short visit

(informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.

(Games) In poker, to place a bet equal to the preceding bet.

(informal) Very interesting or exciting.

A loud cry; a shout.

(informal) (followed by with) Able to tolerate; to be fine with.

The characteristic cry of an animal.

(informal) (of a pair of people) holding no grudge against one another; having no beef.

A sound or an instrument made to imitate such a cry, used as a lure

(sarcastic) (of an act or situation)'' annoying, irritating.

A telephone communication or connection.

A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.

Need or occasion

A calm temperament.

Demand

The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

A claim on a person's time or life

To lose heat, to get colder.

A short visit, especially one made as a formality or for business or professional purposes.

To make cooler, less warm.

A summons or invitation.

To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

A signal, such as that made by a horn or bell.

To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

The sounding of a horn to encourage hounds during a hunt.

(transitive) To kill.

A strong inner urge or prompting; a vocation

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

The strong attraction or appeal of a given activity or environment

Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.

A roll call.

Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.

A notice of rehearsal times posted in a theater.

Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.

A decision made by an umpire or referee.

Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.

An announced description of a game or race, as by a sportscaster.

Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

A direction or series of directions rhythmically called out to square dancers.

A moderate state of cold; coolness; - said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.

A demand for payment of a debt.

To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.

A demand to submit bonds to the issuer for redemption before the maturity date.

To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.

An option to buy a certain quantity of a stock or commodity for a specified price within a specified time.

To become less hot; to lose heat.

A demand for payment due on stock bought on margin when the value has shrunk.

To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.

A telephone conversation; a phone call.

The quality of being cool;

An instance of calling someone on the telephone.

Great coolness and composure under strain;

A short visit, usually for social purposes.

Make cool or cooler;

(nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.

Loose heat;

A cry or shout.

Lose intensity;

A decision or judgement.

Neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat;

The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.

Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional;

A beckoning or summoning.

(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets;

The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.

Psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike;

(finance) call option

Used of a number or sum and meaning without exaggeration or qualification;

(cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.

Fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept;

(cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)

(uncountable) A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.

(computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.

A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.

(poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.

A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.

(nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.

A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.

An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.

(archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.

A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.

A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.

(law) A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.

(in negative constructions) Need; necessity.

To use one's voice.

(intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.

(intransitive) To cry or shout.

(transitive) To utter in a loud or distinct voice.

(ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.

(transitive) To declare in advance.

To rouse from sleep; to awaken.

To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.

To request that one's band play (a particular tune).

To visit.

To pay a (social) visit often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again.

To stop at a station or port.

To come to pass; to afflict.

To name, identify or describe.

(ditransitive) To name or refer to.

(in passive) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.

(transitive) To predict.

To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.

(transitive) To formally recognise a death: especially to announce and record the time, place and fact of a person’s death.

(transitive) To claim the existence of some malfeasance; to denounce as.

(obsolete) To disclose the class or character of; to identify.

Direct or indirect use of the voice.

(cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.

(of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).

To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.

To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)

(transitive) To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.

To require, demand.

To cause to be verbally subjected to.

To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.

To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.

To demand repayment of a loan.

To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.

(Yorkshire) To scold.

(sports) To make a decision as a referee or umpire.

(cue sports) To tell in advance which shot one is attempting.

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; - often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church.

To invite or command to meet; to convoke; - often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.

To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.

To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.

To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work.

To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of.

To utter in a loud or distinct voice; - often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company.

To invoke; to appeal to.

To rouse from sleep; to awaken.

To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; - sometimes with to.

To make a demand, requirement, or request.

To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders.

The act of calling; - usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call.

A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty.

An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.

A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.

A divine vocation or summons.

Vocation; employment.

A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.

A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.

A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.

The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.

A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.

The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on.

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A telephone connection;

A special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course;

A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition;

A demand especially in the phrase

The characteristic sound produced by a bird;

A brief social visit;

A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement

A demand for a show of hands in a card game;

A request;

An instruction that interrupts the program being executed;

Brief visit in an official or professional capacity;

(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee;

The option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

Assign a specified, proper name to;

Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;

Ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality;

Order, request, or command to come;

Utter a sudden loud cry;

Pay a brief visit;

Call a meeting; invite or command to meet;

Order or request or give a command for;

Order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role;

Indicate a decision in regard to;

Stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather;

Read aloud to check for omissions or absentees;

Send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message;

Declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee;

Utter a characteristic note or cry;

Utter in a loud voice or announce;

Make a prediction about; tell in advance;

Challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense;

Consider or regard as being;

Demand payment of (a loan);

Give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance

Greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name;

Make a stop in a harbour;

Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands;

Require the presentation of for redemption before maturation;

Lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal;

Challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of;

Rouse somebody from sleep with a call;