Scalding vs. Boiling — What's the Difference?

Scalding is a form of thermal burn resulting from heated fluids such as boiling water or steam. Most scalds are considered first- or second-degree burns, but third-degree burns can result, especially with prolonged contact.

Boiling is the rapid vaporization of a liquid, which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point, the temperature at which the vapour pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding atmosphere. At sea level the boiling point of water is 100 °C or 212 °F but at higher altitudes it drops to correspond with decreasing atmospheric pressures.

Hot enough to scald the skin

Heated to or past the boiling point

Causing a burning sensation like that of hot liquid on the skin

Very angry or upset; seething.

Emotionally painful or traumatic

Used as an intensive

Harshly critical or denunciatory; scathing

Present participle of boil

(of a liquid) Hot enough to burn.

The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

Present participle of scald

(uncountable) An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.

An instance of scalding: a burn.

That boils or boil.

Synonym of escaline.

Of a thing: extremely hot or active.

Marked by harshly abusive criticism;

Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot.

Of the weather: very hot.

(of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely

Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.

The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.

Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.

The application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas

Cooking in a boiling liquid

Extremely;