Hot vs. Heavy — What's the Difference?

Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move

Being at a high temperature.

Of great density; thick or substantial

Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable

Of more than the usual size, amount, or intensity

Causing a burning sensation, as in the mouth; spicy

Striking or falling with force

Charged or energized with electricity

Needing much physical effort

Radioactive or designed to use radioactive materials.

Very important or serious

Marked by intensity of emotion; ardent or fiery

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

Having or displaying great enthusiasm; eager

Strong beer, especially bitter

(Informal) Arousing intense interest, excitement, or controversy

Heavily

(Informal) Marked by excited activity or energy

Having relatively great weight

Violent; raging

Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.

Sexually attractive.

Large, as in number or quantity

Sexually attracted; full of desire

Large in yield or output

Sexually aroused.

Of great intensity

Recently stolen

Having great power or force

Wanted by the police

Violent; rough

Close to a successful solution or conclusion

Equipped with massive armaments and weapons

Most recent; new or fresh

Large enough to fire powerful shells

Currently very popular or successful

Indulging to a great degree

Requiring immediate action or attention

Involved or participating on a large scale

(Slang) Very good or impressive. Often used in the negative

Of great import or seriousness; grave

(Slang) Funny or absurd

Having considerable thickness

Performing with great skill and daring

Broad or coarse

Having or characterized by repeated successes

Dense; thick

Fast and responsive

Slow to dissipate; strong

Unusually lucky

Too dense or rich to digest easily

(Music) Of, relating to, or being an emotionally charged style of performance marked by strong rhythms and improvisation

Insufficiently leavened

Bold and bright.

Full of clay and readily saturated

In a hot manner; hotly.

Weighed down; burdened

While hot

Emotionally weighed down; despondent

(Informal) To cause to increase in intensity or excitement. Often used with up

Marked by or exhibiting weariness

Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.

Sad or painful

(of an object) Having or giving off a high temperature.

Hard to do or accomplish; arduous

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

Not easily borne; oppressive

Feverish.

Lacking vitality; deficient in vivacity or grace

Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).

Sharply inclined; steep

Electrically charged.

Having a large capacity or designed for rough work

(informal) Radioactive.

Of, relating to, or involving the large-scale production of basic products, such as steel

(figurative) Relating to excited emotions.

Of or relating to a serious dramatic role.

(of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.

(Physics) Of or relating to an isotope with an atomic mass greater than the average mass of that element.

Very physically and/or sexually attractive.

Loud; sonorous

(slang) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.

(Linguistics) Of, relating to, or being a syllable ending in a long vowel or in a vowel plus two consonants.

(slang) Sexually aroused; randy.

Of great significance or profundity.

Extremely attracted to.

Very popular or important

Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

Heavily

(informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting.

A serious or tragic role in a play.

Popular; in demand.

An actor playing such a role.

Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.

(Slang) A villain in a story or play.

Performing strongly; having repeated successes.

(Slang) A mobster.

Fresh; just released.

(Slang) One that is very important or influential

Relating to danger or risk.

(of a physical object) Having great weight.

Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.

(of a topic) Serious, somber.

(slang) Characterized by police presence or activity.

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.

Stolen.

Good.

Not covered by funds on account.

Profound.

Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.

(of a rate of flow) High, great.

(of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.

(slang) Armed.

(of an electric musical instrument) Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier.

(of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.

(slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something

(of weather) Hot and humid.

Extremely fast or with great speed.

(of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.

Hotly, at a high temperature.

(of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.

Rapidly, quickly.

(of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.

(especially in the phrase "come in hot", "go in hot") While shooting, while firing one's weapon(s).

Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.

To heat; to make or become hot.

Laden to a great extent.

To become lively or exciting.

Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.

Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; - opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air.

Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.

Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.

Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.

Lustful; lewd; lecherous.

Not raised or leavened.

Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.

(of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.

Used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning;

(obsolete) With child; pregnant.

Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense;

(physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.

Extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm;

(petroleum) Having high viscosity.

(color) bold and intense;

(finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.

Sexually excited or exciting;

Heavily-armed.

Recently stolen or smuggled;

Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload,

Very fast;

Especially, having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.

Wanted by the police;

Having the heaves.

Performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy;

In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.

Having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers;

To a great degree; greatly.

Very popular or successful;

Very

Very unpleasant or even dangerous;

(slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.

Newest or most recent;

(slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.

Having or bringing unusually good luck;

A newspaper of the quality press.

Very good; often used in the negative;

(aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.

Newly made;

(often with "up") To make heavier.

Capable of quick response and great speed;

To sadden. en

Having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm;

To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.

Of a seeker; near to the object sought;

Having the heaves.

Having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity;

Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.

Charged or energized with electricity;

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

Marked by excited activity;

Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.

Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.

Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

Loud; deep; - said of sound; as, heavy thunder.

Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; - said of the sky.

Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; - said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; - said of food.

Having much body or strength; - said of wines, or other liquors.

With child; pregnant.

Heavily; - sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.

To make heavy.

An actor who plays villainous roles

A serious (or tragic) role in a play

Of comparatively great physical weight or density;

Unusually great in degree or quantity or number;

Of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment;

Having or suggesting a viscous consistency;

Wide from side to side;

Marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness;

Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained;

Darkened by clouds;

Of great intensity or power or force;

(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight;

(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain;

Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter;

Made of fabric having considerable thickness;

Of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately;

Prodigious;

Used of syllables or musical beats

Full and loud and deep;

Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;

Slow and laborious because of weight;

Large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work;

Dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal;

Sharply inclined;

Full of; bearing great weight;

Requiring or showing effort;

Characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort;

Lacking lightness or liveliness;

(of sleep) deep and complete;

In an advanced stage of pregnancy;

Slowly as if burdened by much weight;