Cold vs. Distant — What's the Difference?

Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception.

Far away in space or time

Having a low temperature

(of a person) not intimate; cool or reserved

Being at a temperature that is less than what is required or what is normal

Separate or apart in space.

Chilled by refrigeration or ice

Far removed; remote

Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled

Coming from or going to a distance

Appearing to be dead; unconscious

Far removed or apart in time

Dead

Far apart in relationship

Lacking emotion; objective

Minimally similar

Having little appeal to the senses or feelings

Far removed mentally

Designating or being in a tone or color, such as pale gray, that suggests little warmth.

Aloof or chilly

Not affectionate or friendly; aloof

Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

Exhibiting or feeling no enthusiasm

Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.

Devoid of sexual desire; frigid.

Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

Having lost all freshness or vividness through passage of time

Far separated; far off; not near; remote; - in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.

So intense as to be almost uncontrollable

Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.

Characterized by repeated failure, especially in a sport or competitive activity

Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.

To an unqualified degree; totally

Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.

With complete finality

Separated in space or time or coming from or going to a distance;

Without advance preparation or introduction

Far apart in relevance or relationship;

Relative lack of warmth

Remote in manner;

The sensation resulting from lack of warmth; chill.

Far distant in time;

A condition of low air temperature; cold weather

Far distant in space;

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.

(of a thing) Having a low temperature.

(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.

(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.

Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.

Completely unprepared; without introduction.

Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

(usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.

(usually with "have" transitively) Cornered; done for.

(obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.

(obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.

Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.

(obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.

Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.

(painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.

(databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.

(informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless.

(informal) Not radioactive.

(firearm) Not loaded with a round of live ammunition.

Without electrical power being supplied.

A condition of low temperature.

A harsh place; a place of abandonment.

(medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

(slang) rheum, sleepy dust

At a low temperature.

Without preparation.

In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.

Not pungent or acrid.

Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.

Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.

Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.

Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.

Not sensitive; not acute.

Distant; - said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.

Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.

The relative absence of heat or warmth.

The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.

A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.

To become cold.

A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs);

The absence of heat;

The sensation produced by low temperatures;

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;

Extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion;

Having lost freshness through passage of time;

(color) giving no sensation of warmth;

Marked by errorless familiarity;

No longer new; uninteresting;

So intense as to be almost uncontrollable;

Sexually unresponsive;

Without compunction or human feeling;

Feeling or showing no enthusiasm;

Unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication;

Of a seeker; far from the object sought

Lacking the warmth of life;