Hate vs. Heat — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hate and Heat
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Hate
To feel strong dislike for or hostility toward
Rivals who hate each other.
Heat
In thermodynamics, heat is energy in transfer to or from a thermodynamic system, by mechanisms other than thermodynamic work or transfer of matter. The various mechanisms of energy transfer that define heat are stated in the next section of this article.
Hate
To feel dislike or distaste for
Hates washing dishes.
Hates to get up early.
Heat
A form of energy associated with the kinetic energy of atoms or molecules and capable of being transmitted through solid and fluid media by conduction, through fluid media by convection, and through empty space by radiation.
Hate
To be disinclined (to do something) out of politeness or a need to apologize
I hate to interrupt, but can I ask you a quick question?.
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Heat
The transfer of energy from one body to another as a result of a difference in temperature or a change in phase.
Hate
To feel hatred.
Heat
The sensation or perception of such energy as warmth or hotness.
Hate
Intense animosity or dislike; hatred.
Heat
An abnormally high bodily temperature, as from a fever.
Hate
An object of hatred.
One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.
Heat
The condition of being hot.
Hate
Hatred.
He gave me a look filled with pure hate.
Heat
A degree of warmth or hotness
The burner was on low heat.
Hate
(Internet slang) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Justin Bieber from his fans.
Heat
The warming of a room or building by a furnace or another source of energy
The house was cheap to rent, but the heat was expensive.
Hate
(transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.
Heat
A furnace or other source of warmth in a room or building
The heat was on when we returned from work.
Hate
(intransitive) To experience hatred.
Do not fear; he who fears hates; he who hates kills. — attributed to Gandhi
Heat
A hot season; a spell of hot weather.
Hate
To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer.
Heat
Intensity, as of passion, emotion, color, appearance, or effect.
Hate
To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted.
I hate that he should linger here.
Heat
The most intense or active stage
The heat of battle.
Hate
To love less, relatively.
Heat
A burning sensation in the mouth produced by spicy flavoring in food.
Hate
Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; - opposed to love.
For in a wink the false love turns to hate.
Heat
Estrus.
Hate
The emotion of hate; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
Heat
One of a series of efforts or attempts.
Hate
Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards;
I hate Mexican food
She detests politicians
Heat
Sports & Games One round of several in a competition, such as a race.
Heat
A preliminary contest held to determine finalists.
Heat
(Informal) Pressure; stress.
Heat
An intensification of police activity in pursuing criminals.
Heat
The police. Used with the.
Heat
(Slang) Adverse comments or hostile criticism
Heat from the press forced the senator to resign.
Heat
(Slang) A firearm, especially a pistol.
Heat
To make warm or hot.
Heat
To excite the feelings of; inflame.
Heat
(Physics) To increase the heat energy of (an object).
Heat
To become warm or hot.
Heat
To become excited emotionally or intellectually.
Heat
(uncountable) Thermal energy.
This furnace puts out 5000 BTUs of heat.
That engine is really throwing off some heat.
Removal of heat from the liquid caused it to turn into a solid.
Heat
(uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
Stay out of the heat of the sun!
Heat
(uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
Heat
(uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
Heat
(uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.
The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.
Heat
The police.
The heat! Scram!
Heat
One or more firearms.
Heat
A fastball.
The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.
Heat
(uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate; oestrus.
The male canines were attracted by the female in heat.
Heat
In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.
Heat
(countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race
The runner had high hopes, but was out of contention after the first heat.
Heat
A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
Heat
(countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
I can make a scroll like that in a single heat.
Heat
(countable) A hot spell.
The children stayed indoors during this year's summer heat.
Heat
(uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
I'm freezing; could you turn on the heat?
Heat
(uncountable) The output of a heating system.
During the power outage we had no heat because the controls are electric.
Older folks like more heat than the young.
Heat
(countable) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
Heat
To get a negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character).
Heat
(transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot often with "up".
I'll heat up the water.
Heat
(intransitive) To become hotter.
There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
Heat
To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
Heat
To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
Heat
To arouse, to excite (sexually).
The massage heated her up.
Heat
A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode of motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric.
Heat
The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold.
Heat
High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc.
Else how had the world . . . Avoided pinching cold and scorching heat!
Heat
Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise.
It has raised . . . heats in their faces.
The heats smiths take of their iron are a blood-red heat, a white-flame heat, and a sparkling or welding heat.
Heat
A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats.
Heat
A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three.
Many causes . . . for refreshment betwixt the heats.
[He] struck off at one heat the matchless tale of "Tam o' Shanter."
Heat
Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party.
Heat
Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation.
Heat
Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency; as, in the heat of argument.
With all the strength and heat of eloquence.
Heat
Sexual excitement in animals; readiness for sexual activity; estrus or rut.
Heat
Fermentation.
Heat
Strong psychological pressure, as in a police investigation; as, when they turned up the heat, he took it on the lam.
Heat
To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like.
Heat me these irons hot.
Heat
To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
Pray, walk softly; do not heat your blood.
Heat
To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
A noble emulation heats your breast.
Heat
To grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat; as, the iron or the water heats slowly.
Heat
To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action; as, green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the dunghill.
Heat
Heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot.
Heat
A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
Heat
The presence of heat
Heat
The sensation caused by heat energy
Heat
Intense passion or emotion
Heat
Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
Heat
A preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
Heat
Utility to warm a building;
The heating system wasn't working
They have radiant heating
Heat
Make hot or hotter;
Heat the soup
Heat
Provide with heat;
Heat the house
Heat
Arouse or excite feelings and passions;
The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor
The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world
Wake old feelings of hatred
Heat
Gain heat or get hot;
The room heated up quickly
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