Freezing vs. Icy — What's the Difference?

Freezing is a phase transition where a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. In accordance with the internationally established definition, freezing means the solidification phase change of a liquid or the liquid content of a substance, usually due to cooling.

Covered with or consisting of ice

To pass from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.

Containing or covered with ice

To acquire a surface or coat of ice from cold

Bitterly cold; freezing

To become clogged or jammed because of the formation of ice

Unfriendly or hostile

To be at that degree of temperature at which ice forms

Showing no emotion

To be killed or harmed by cold or frost

Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.

To be or feel uncomfortably cold

Covered with ice, wholly or partially.

To become fixed, stuck, or attached by or as if by frost

Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold.

To stop functioning properly, usually temporarily

Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty.

To become motionless or immobile, as from surprise or attentiveness

Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.

To become unable to act or speak, as from fear

Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain;

To become rigid and inflexible; solidify

Extremely cold;

To convert into ice.

Covered with or containing or consisting of ice;

To cause ice to form upon.

Shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice;

To cause to congeal or stiffen from extreme cold

To preserve (foods, for example) by subjecting to freezing temperatures.

To damage, kill, or make inoperative by cold or by the formation of ice.

To make very cold; chill.

To immobilize, as with fear or shock.

To chill with an icy or formal manner

To stop the motion or progress of

To fix (prices or wages, for example) at a given or current level.

To prohibit further manufacture or use of.

To prevent or restrict the exchange, withdrawal, liquidation, or granting of by governmental action

To anesthetize by chilling.

(Sports) To keep possession of (a ball or puck) so as to deny an opponent the opportunity to score.

The act of freezing.

The state of being frozen.

A spell of cold weather; a frost.

A restriction that forbids a quantity from rising above a given or current level

(literally) Suffering or causing frost

Very cold

Zero °C, the freezing point of water.

The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.

The action of numbing with anesthetics.

Present participle of freeze

Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner.

The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid