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Nice vs. Warm

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Niceadjective

Pleasant, satisfactory.

Warmadjective

Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.

‘The tea is still warm.’; ‘This is a very warm room.’;

Niceadjective

Of a person: friendly, attractive.

Warmadjective

Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.

‘We have a warm friendship.’;

Niceadjective

Respectable; virtuous.

‘What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?’;

Warmadjective

Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.

Niceadjective

With "and", shows that the given adjective is desirable: pleasantly.

‘The soup is nice and hot.’;

Warmadjective

Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.

Warmadjective

Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.

Niceadjective

Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.

Warmadjective

(figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness

‘a warm piano sound’;

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.

Warmadjective

(archaic) Ardent, zealous.

‘a warm debate, with strong words exchanged’;

Niceadjective

Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.

Warmadjective

Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; rich.

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.

Warmadjective

(archaic) Requiring arduous effort.

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.

Warmverb

(transitive) To make or keep warm.

Niceadverb

(colloquial) Nicely.

‘Children, play nice.’; ‘He dresses real nice.’;

Warmverb

(intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.

‘My socks are warming by the fire.’; ‘The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.’;

Niceinterjection

Used to signify a job well done.

‘Nice! I couldn't have done better.’;

Warmverb

(intransitive) To favour increasingly.

‘He is warming to the idea.’; ‘Her classmates are gradually warming to her.’;

Niceinterjection

Used to signify approval.

‘Is that your new car? Nice!’;

Warmverb

(intransitive) To become ardent or animated.

‘The speaker warms as he proceeds.’;

Nicenoun

niceness.

Warmverb

(transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.

Niceverb

To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

Warmverb

To beat or spank.

Niceadjective

Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.

‘But say that we ben wise and nothing nice.’;

Warmnoun

(colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.

‘Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?’;

Niceadjective

Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial.

‘The letter was not nice, but full of chargeOf dear import.’;

Warmadjective

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

‘Warm and still is the summer night.’;

Niceadjective

Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.

‘Curious not knowing, not exact but nice.’; ‘And to tasteThink not I shall be nice.’;

Warmadjective

Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.

Niceadjective

Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.

‘Dear love, continue nice and chaste.’; ‘A nice and subtile happiness.’;

Warmadjective

Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.

Niceadjective

Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.

Warmadjective

Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.

‘Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!’; ‘Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.’; ‘They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad mouths at.’; ‘I had been none of the warmest of partisans.’;

Niceadjective

Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.

‘The difference is too niceWhere ends the virtue, or begins the vice.’;

Warmadjective

Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.

‘Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't.’;

Niceadjective

Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.

Warmadjective

Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.

‘Warm householders, every one of them.’; ‘You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him.’;

Niceadjective

Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person.

Warmadjective

In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.

‘Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," children say at blindman's buff.’;

Niceadjective

Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children.

‘He's making a list, checking it twice.Gonna find out who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town.’;

Warmadjective

Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; - said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.

Nicenoun

a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera

Warmverb

To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.

‘Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself.’; ‘Enough to warm, but not enough to burn.’;

Niceadjective

pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance;

‘what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty’; ‘nice manners’; ‘a nice dress’; ‘a nice face’; ‘a nice day’; ‘had a nice time at the party’; ‘the corn and tomatoes are nice today’;

Warmverb

To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.

‘I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings.’; ‘Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed.’;

Niceadjective

socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;

‘from a decent family’; ‘a nice girl’;

Warmverb

To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.

‘There shall not be a coal to warm at.’;

Niceadjective

done with delicacy and skill;

‘a nice bit of craft’; ‘a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer’; ‘a nice shot’;

Warmverb

To become ardent or animated; as, the speake warms as he proceeds.

Niceadjective

excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;

‘too nice about his food to take to camp cooking’; ‘so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow’;

Warmnoun

The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.

Niceadjective

noting distinctions with nicety;

‘a discriminating interior designer’; ‘a nice sense of color’; ‘a nice point in the argument’;

Warmverb

get warm or warmer;

‘The soup warmed slowly on the stove’;

Niceadjective

exhibiting courtesy and politeness;

‘a nice gesture’;

Warmverb

make warm or warmer;

‘The blanket will warm you’;

Niceadjective

giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive

‘we had a very nice time’;

Warmadjective

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat;

‘a warm body’; ‘a warm room’; ‘a warm climate’; ‘a warm coat’;

Niceadjective

(of a person) good-natured; kind

‘he's a nicer man than Mark’; ‘Joe had been very nice to her’;

Warmadjective

psychologically warm; friendly and responsive;

‘a warm greeting’; ‘a warm personality’; ‘warm support’;

Niceadjective

not good; unpleasant

‘that's a nice way to come into my kitchen—no greeting!’;

Warmadjective

(color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows;

‘warm reds and yellows and orange’;

Niceadjective

(especially of a difference) slight or subtle

‘there is a nice distinction between self-sacrifice and martyrdom’;

Warmadjective

having or displaying warmth or affection;

‘affectionate children’; ‘caring parents’; ‘a fond embrace’; ‘fond of his nephew’; ‘a tender glance’; ‘a warm embrace’;

Niceadjective

requiring careful consideration

‘a nice point’;

Warmadjective

freshly made or left;

‘a warm trail’; ‘the scent is warm’;

Niceadjective

fastidious; scrupulous.

Warmadjective

easily aroused or excited;

‘a quick temper’; ‘a warm temper’;

Nicenoun

a resort city on the French Riviera, near the border with Italy; population 348,721 (2007).

Warmadjective

characterized by strong enthusiasm;

‘ardent revolutionaries’; ‘warm support’;

Nice

Nice ( NEESS, French: [nis]; Nissard Occitan: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard, pronounced [ˈnisa]; Italian: Nizza [ˈnittsa]; Ancient Greek: ΝίÎșαÎčα; Latin: Nicaea) is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department. The metropolitan area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly 1 million on an area of 744 km2 (287 sq mi).

Warmadjective

characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement;

‘a warm debate’;

Warmadjective

uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble;

‘made things warm for the bookies’;

Warmadjective

of a seeker; near to the object sought;

‘you're getting warm’; ‘hot on the trail’;

Warmadverb

in a warm manner;

‘warmly dressed’; ‘warm-clad skiers’;

Warmadjective

of or at a fairly or comfortably high temperature

‘I walked quickly to keep warm’; ‘a warm September evening’;

Warmadjective

(of clothes or coverings) made of a material that helps the body to retain heat

‘a warm winter coat’;

Warmadjective

(of a soil) quick to absorb heat or retaining heat.

Warmadjective

having or showing enthusiasm, affection, or kindness

‘they exchanged warm, friendly smiles’; ‘a warm welcome’;

Warmadjective

characterized by lively or heated disagreement

‘a warm debate arose’;

Warmadjective

sexually explicit or titillating

‘if there is anything a little too warm in the play, it can easily be left out’;

Warmadjective

(of a colour) containing red, yellow, or orange tones

‘her fair colouring suited soft, warm shades’;

Warmadjective

(of a scent or trail) fresh; strong.

Warmadjective

(especially in children's games) close to discovering something or guessing the correct answer

‘we're getting warmer, sir’;

Warmverb

make or become warm

‘the film warmed our hearts’; ‘it's a bit chilly in here, but it'll soon warm up’; ‘I stamped my feet to warm them up’;

Warmverb

spank (someone's buttocks)

‘I'll warm your bum if you don't come here this instant’;

Warmnoun

a warm place or area

‘stay in the warm, I've made up the fire for you’;

Warmnoun

an act of warming something or oneself

‘he had a cup of tea and a warm by the kitchen range’;

Warmnoun

short for British warm

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