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Sauna vs. Steam — What's the Difference?

Sauna vs. Steam — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Sauna and Steam

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Sauna

A sauna (, Finnish: [ˈsɑu̯nɑ]), or sudatory, is a small room or building designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these facilities. The steam and high heat make the bathers perspire.

Steam

Steam is water in the gas phase. This may occur due to evaporation or due to boiling, where heat is applied until water reaches the enthalpy of vaporization.

Sauna

A small room or structure that provides dry heat or steam for bathing or refreshing the body.

Steam

The vapour into which water is converted when heated, forming a white mist of minute water droplets in the air
A cloud of steam
She wiped the steam off the mirror
Steam was rising from the mugs of coffee

Sauna

A bath or period of time spent in a sauna.
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Steam

Give off or produce steam
A mug of coffee was steaming at her elbow

Sauna

A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
The hotel has a sauna in the basement.

Steam

Cook (food) by heating it in steam from boiling water
Steam the vegetables until just tender

Sauna

The act of using a sauna.
John had a sauna after his swim.
Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.

Steam

(of a ship or train) travel somewhere under steam power
The 11.54 steamed into the station

Sauna

A public sauna.

Steam

Be or become extremely agitated or angry
You got all steamed up over nothing!
After steaming behind the closed door in his office, he came out and screamed at her

Sauna

In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse.

Steam

Hot water vapor produced especially by boiling liquid water.

Sauna

A very hot place or room.

Steam

Hot, pressurized water vapor used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical power.

Sauna

To use a sauna.

Steam

Power generated by the expansion of boiling water as it turns to vapor
An engine at full steam.

Sauna

A Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks

Steam

Steam heating.

Steam

Condensed water vapor in the form of a mist or cloud
The steam from the teakettle.
The steam of the oxen's breath in the cold air.

Steam

Power; energy
The fundraising effort ran out of steam.

Steam

To produce or emit steam
The kettle is steaming. Let's make tea.

Steam

To become or rise up as steam
The rain steamed off the hot pavement.

Steam

To become misted or covered with steam
The bathroom mirror steamed over.

Steam

To move by means of steam power.

Steam

(Informal) To become very angry; fume.

Steam

To expose to steam, as in cooking.

Steam

To cover or mist with steam
The windows are steamed up.

Steam

(Informal) To make angry
His laziness really steams me.

Steam

The vapor formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase.

Steam

The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air

Steam

, fog

Steam

Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation

Steam

Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.

Steam

The act of cooking by steaming.
Give the carrots a ten-minute steam.

Steam

(figuratively) Internal energy for motive power.
After three weeks in bed he was finally able to sit up under his own steam.

Steam

(figuratively) Pent-up anger.
Dad had to go outside to blow off some steam.

Steam

A steam-powered vehicle.

Steam

Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.

Steam

(obsolete) Any exhalation.

Steam

(fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.

Steam

To cook with steam.
The best way to cook artichokes is to steam them.

Steam

(transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
To steam wood or cloth

Steam

(intransitive) To produce or vent steam.

Steam

(intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
Our breath steamed in the cold winter air.

Steam

To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.

Steam

To make angry.
It really steams me to see her treat him like that.

Steam

(intransitive) To be covered with condensed water vapor.
With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car.

Steam

(intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
We steamed around the Mediterranean.
The ship steamed out of the harbour.

Steam

To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them.

Steam

(obsolete) To exhale.

Steam

Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.

Steam

The elastic, aëriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point; water in the state of vapor.

Steam

The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; - so called in popular usage.

Steam

Any exhalation.

Steam

To emit steam or vapor.
My brother's ghost hangs hovering there,O'er his warm blood, that steams into the air.
Let the crude humors danceIn heated brass, steaming with fire intense.

Steam

To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.
The dissolved amber . . . steamed away into the air.

Steam

To move or travel by the agency of steam.
The vessel steamed out of port.

Steam

To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.

Steam

To exhale.

Steam

To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc.

Steam

Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

Steam

Travel by means of steam power;
The ship steamed off into the Pacific

Steam

Emit steam;
The rain forest was literally steaming

Steam

Rise as vapor

Steam

Get very angry;
Her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man

Steam

Clean by means of steaming;
Steam-clean the upholstered sofa

Steam

Cook something by letting steam pass over it;
Just steam the vegetables

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