Centigrade vs. Fahrenheit — What's the Difference?

Celsius.

The Fahrenheit scale ( or ) is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). It uses the degree Fahrenheit (symbol: °F) as the unit.

(of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.

Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32° and the boiling point as 212° at one atmosphere of pressure. See Table at measurement.

Celsius (since 1948).

Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. Used as an alternative to celsius.

(uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Although formally known as the Celsius scale since 1948, centigrade is still the more commonly found term.

German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)

A single degree on this scale.

(countable) A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.

Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts.