Hip vs. Cool — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hip and Cool
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Hip
In vertebrate anatomy, hip (or "coxa" in medical terminology) refers to either an anatomical region or a joint. The hip region is located lateral and anterior to the gluteal region, inferior to the iliac crest, and overlying the greater trochanter of the femur, or "thigh bone".
Cool
Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold
Fresh, cool water.
A cool autumn evening.
Hip
(formerly in the UK) a set of information about a house or flat that a seller must provide to a potential buyer.
Cool
Giving or suggesting relief from heat
A cool breeze.
A cool blouse.
Hip
Very fashionable
It's hip to be environmentally conscious
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Cool
Marked by calm self-control
A cool negotiator.
Hip
Aware of or informed about
He's trying to show how hip he is to Americana
Cool
Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive
A cool greeting.
Was cool to the idea of higher taxes.
Hip
Used to introduce a communal cheer
Hip hip hooray!
Cool
Of, relating to, or characteristic of colors, such as blue and green, that produce the impression of coolness.
Hip
The laterally projecting prominence of the pelvis or pelvic region from the waist to the thigh.
Cool
Knowledgeable or aware of the latest trends or developments
Spent all his time trying to be cool.
Hip
A homologous posterior part in quadrupeds.
Cool
Excellent; first-rate
Has a cool sports car.
Had a cool time at the party.
Hip
The hip joint.
Cool
Acceptable; satisfactory
It's cool if you don't want to talk about it.
Hip
(Architecture) The external angle formed by the meeting of two adjacent sloping sides of a roof.
Cool
(Slang) Entire; full
Worth a cool million.
Hip
A rose hip.
Cool
(Informal) In a casual manner; nonchalantly
Play it cool.
Hip
Keenly aware of or knowledgeable about the latest trends or developments.
Cool
To make less warm.
Hip
Very fashionable or stylish.
Cool
To make less ardent, intense, or zealous
Problems that soon cooled my enthusiasm for the project.
Hip
Usually used to begin a cheer
Hip, hip, hooray!.
Cool
(Physics) To reduce the molecular or kinetic energy of (an object).
Hip
(anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
Cool
To become less warm
Took a dip to cool off.
Hip
The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Cool
To become calmer
Needed time for tempers to cool.
Hip
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
Cool
A cool place, part, or time
The cool of early morning.
Hip
A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
Cool
The state or quality of being cool.
Hip
The fruit of a rose.
Cool
Composure; poise
"Our release marked a victory. The nation had kept its cool" (Moorhead Kennedy).
Hip
To use one's hips to bump into someone.
Cool
Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
Hip
(wrestling) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
Cool
Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.
Hip
To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
Cool
Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors.
Hip
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
Cool
Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
Hip
To inform, to make knowledgeable.
Cool
Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
His proposals had a cool reception.
Hip
(slang) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.
Cool
Calmly audacious.
In control as always, he came up with a cool plan.
Hip
The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
Cool
Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
Hip
The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.
Cool
(informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
Hip
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
Cool
(informal) In fashion and fancy, part of or befitting the most leading trends and habits of the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
Hip
The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina); called also rose hip.
Cool
(informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?
Hip
To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
Cool
(informal) Very interesting or exciting.
I think astronomy is really cool.
Hip
To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
Cool
(informal) (followed by with) Able to tolerate; to be fine with.
I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me.
Hip
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
Cool
(informal) (of a pair of people) holding no grudge against one another; having no beef.
We're cool, right?
Hip
Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
Cool
(sarcastic) (of an act or situation)'' annoying, irritating.
Hip
Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and developments in popular music and entertainment culture; not square; - same as hep.
Cool
A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
In the cool of the morning
Hip
Aware of the latest fashions and behaving as expected socially, especially in clothing style and musical taste; exhibiting an air of casual sophistication; cool; with it; - used mostly among young people in the teens to twenties.
Cool
A calm temperament.
Hip
Either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
Cool
The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
Hip
The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
Cool
To lose heat, to get colder.
I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.
Hip
The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
Cool
To make cooler, less warm.
Hip
The fruit of a rose plant
Cool
To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
Hip
Informed about the latest trends
Cool
To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
Cool
(transitive) To kill.
Cool
Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
Fanned with cool winds.
Cool
Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.
For a patriot, too cool.
Cool
Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
Cool
Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.
Cool
Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
Cool
Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
He had lost a cool hundred.
Leaving a cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket.
Cool
A moderate state of cold; coolness; - said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.
Cool
To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.
Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.
Cool
To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.
Cool
To become less hot; to lose heat.
I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus,the whilst his iron did on the anvil cool.
Cool
To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.
I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool.
Cool
The quality of being cool;
The cool of early morning
Cool
Great coolness and composure under strain;
Keep your cool
Cool
Make cool or cooler;
Chill the food
Cool
Loose heat;
The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm
Cool
Lose intensity;
His enthusiasm cooled considerably
Cool
Neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat;
A cool autumn day
A cool room
Cool summer dresses
Cool drinks
A cool breeze
Cool
Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional;
Play it cool
Keep cool
Stayed coolheaded in the crisis
The most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament
Cool
(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets;
Cool greens and blues and violets
Cool
Psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike;
Relations were cool and polite
A cool reception
Cool to the idea of higher taxes
Cool
Used of a number or sum and meaning without exaggeration or qualification;
A cool million bucks
Cool
Fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept;
He's a cool dude
That's cool
Mary's dress is really cool
It's not cool to arrive at a party too early
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