Cold vs. Coldness
Difference Between Cold and Coldness
Cold➦
Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception.
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Coldness➦
Having a low temperature
cold water.
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Cold➦
Having a low temperature
cold water.
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Coldness➦
Being at a temperature that is less than what is required or what is normal
cold oatmeal.
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Cold➦
Being at a temperature that is less than what is required or what is normal
cold oatmeal.
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Coldness➦
Chilled by refrigeration or ice
cold beer.
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Cold➦
Chilled by refrigeration or ice
cold beer.
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Coldness➦
Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled
We were cold sitting by the drafty windows.
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Cold➦
Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled
We were cold sitting by the drafty windows.
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Coldness➦
Appearing to be dead; unconscious
found him out cold on the floor.
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Cold➦
Appearing to be dead; unconscious
found him out cold on the floor.
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Coldness➦
Dead
was cold in his grave.
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Cold➦
Dead
was cold in his grave.
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Coldness➦
Lacking emotion; objective
cold logic.
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Cold➦
Lacking emotion; objective
cold logic.
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Coldness➦
Having little appeal to the senses or feelings
a cold decor.
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Cold➦
Having little appeal to the senses or feelings
a cold decor.
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Coldness➦
Designating or being in a tone or color, such as pale gray, that suggests little warmth.
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Cold➦
Designating or being in a tone or color, such as pale gray, that suggests little warmth.
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Coldness➦
Not affectionate or friendly; aloof
a cold person.
a cold nod.
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Cold➦
Not affectionate or friendly; aloof
a cold person.
a cold nod.
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Coldness➦
Exhibiting or feeling no enthusiasm
a cold audience.
a cold response to the new play.
a concert that left me cold.
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Cold➦
Exhibiting or feeling no enthusiasm
a cold audience.
a cold response to the new play.
a concert that left me cold.
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Coldness➦
Devoid of sexual desire; frigid.
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Cold➦
Devoid of sexual desire; frigid.
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Coldness➦
Having lost all freshness or vividness through passage of time
dogs attempting to catch a cold scent.
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Cold➦
Having lost all freshness or vividness through passage of time
dogs attempting to catch a cold scent.
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Coldness➦
So intense as to be almost uncontrollable
cold fury.
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Cold➦
So intense as to be almost uncontrollable
cold fury.
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Coldness➦
Characterized by repeated failure, especially in a sport or competitive activity
The team fell into a slump of cold shooting.
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Cold➦
Characterized by repeated failure, especially in a sport or competitive activity
The team fell into a slump of cold shooting.
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Coldness➦
To an unqualified degree; totally
was cold sober.
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Cold➦
To an unqualified degree; totally
was cold sober.
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Coldness➦
With complete finality
We turned him down cold.
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Cold➦
With complete finality
We turned him down cold.
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Coldness➦
Without advance preparation or introduction
took the exam cold and passed.
walked in cold and got the new job.
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Cold➦
Without advance preparation or introduction
took the exam cold and passed.
walked in cold and got the new job.
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Coldness➦
Relative lack of warmth
Cold slows down chemical reactions.
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Cold➦
Relative lack of warmth
Cold slows down chemical reactions.
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Coldness➦
The sensation resulting from lack of warmth; chill.
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Cold➦
The sensation resulting from lack of warmth; chill.
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Coldness➦
A condition of low air temperature; cold weather
went out into the cold and got a chill.
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Cold➦
A condition of low air temperature; cold weather
went out into the cold and got a chill.
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Coldness➦
A viral infection characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the upper respiratory passages and usually accompanied by malaise, fever, chills, coughing, and sneezing. Also called common cold, coryza.
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Cold➦
A viral infection characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the upper respiratory passages and usually accompanied by malaise, fever, chills, coughing, and sneezing. Also called common cold, coryza.
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Coldness➦
The relative lack of heat.
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Cold➦
(of a thing) Having a low temperature.
A cold wind whistled through the trees.
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Coldness➦
The sensation resulting from exposure to low temperatures.
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Cold➦
(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
The forecast is that it will be very cold today.
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Coldness➦
Limited enthusiasm or affection; coolness.
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Cold➦
(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
She was so cold she was shivering.
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Coldness➦
(physics) The reciprocal of absolute temperature.
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Cold➦
Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.
She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.
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Coldness➦
The state or quality of being cold.
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Cold➦
Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.
Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.
He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him.
The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake.
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Coldness➦
the sensation produced by low temperatures;
he shivered from the cold
the cold helped clear his head
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Cold➦
Completely unprepared; without introduction.
He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.
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Coldness➦
a lack of affection or enthusiasm
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Cold➦
Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
I knocked him out cold.
After one more beer he passed out cold.
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Coldness➦
the absence of heat;
the coldness made our breath visible
come in out of the cold
cold is a vasoconstrictor
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Cold➦
(usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.
Practice your music scales until you know them cold.
Try both these maneuvers until you have them cold and can do them in the dark without thinking.
Rehearse your lines until you have them down cold.
Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold.
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Cold➦
(usually with "have" transitively) Cornered; done for.
With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud.
Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold.
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Cold➦
(obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
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Cold➦
(obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
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Cold➦
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
a cold scent
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Cold➦
(obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
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Cold➦
Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it!
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Cold➦
(painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
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Cold➦
(databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
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Cold➦
(informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless.
I can't believe she said that...that was cold!
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Cold➦
(informal) Not radioactive.
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Cold➦
(firearm) Not loaded with a round of live ammunition.
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Cold➦
Without electrical power being supplied.
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Cold➦
A condition of low temperature.
Come in, out of the cold.
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Cold➦
A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.
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Cold➦
(medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week
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Cold➦
(slang) rheum, sleepy dust
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Cold➦
At a low temperature.
The steel was processed cold.
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Cold➦
Without preparation.
The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
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Cold➦
In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.
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Cold➦
Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.
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Cold➦
Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
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Cold➦
Not pungent or acrid.
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Cold➦
Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
A cold and unconcerned spectator.
No cold relation is a zealous citizen.
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Cold➦
Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.
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Cold➦
Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!
The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a second scene.
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Cold➦
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
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Cold➦
Not sensitive; not acute.
Smell this business with a sense as coldAs is a dead man's nose.
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Cold➦
Distant; - said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
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Cold➦
Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
He was slain in cold blood after the fight was over.
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Cold➦
The relative absence of heat or warmth.
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Cold➦
The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.
When she saw her lord prepared to part,A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart.
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Cold➦
A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
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Cold➦
To become cold.
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Cold➦
a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs);
will they never find a cure for the common cold?
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Cold➦
the absence of heat;
the coldness made our breath visible
come in out of the cold
cold is a vasoconstrictor
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Cold➦
the sensation produced by low temperatures;
he shivered from the cold
the cold helped clear his head
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Cold➦
used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration;
a cold climate
a cold room
dinner has gotten cold
cold fingers
if you are cold, turn up the heat
a cold beer
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Cold➦
extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion;
a cold unfriendly nod
a cold and unaffectionate person
a cold impersonal manner
cold logic
the concert left me cold
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Cold➦
having lost freshness through passage of time;
a cold trail
dogs attempting to catch a cold scent
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Cold➦
(color) giving no sensation of warmth;
a cold bluish gray
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Cold➦
marked by errorless familiarity;
had her lines cold before rehearsals started
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Cold➦
no longer new; uninteresting;
cold (or stale) news
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Cold➦
so intense as to be almost uncontrollable;
cold fury gripped him
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Cold➦
sexually unresponsive;
was cold to his advances
a frigid woman
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Cold➦
without compunction or human feeling;
in cold blood
cold-blooded killing
insensate destruction
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Cold➦
feeling or showing no enthusiasm;
a cold audience
a cold response to the new play
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Cold➦
unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication;
the boxer was out cold
pass out cold
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Cold➦
of a seeker; far from the object sought
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Cold➦
lacking the warmth of life;
cold in his grave
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