Steem vs. Steam — What's the Difference?

(obsolete) A gleam of light; a flame.

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.

(obsolete) Value.

The vapour into which water is converted when heated, forming a white mist of minute water droplets in the air

(obsolete) To value, esteem.

Give off or produce steam

See Esteem.

Cook (food) by heating it in steam from boiling water

See 1st and 2nd Stem.

(of a ship or train) travel somewhere under steam power

Be or become extremely agitated or angry

Hot water vapor produced especially by boiling liquid water.

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

Power generated by the expansion of boiling water as it turns to vapor

Steam heating.

Condensed water vapor in the form of a mist or cloud

Power; energy

To produce or emit steam

To become or rise up as steam

To become misted or covered with steam

To move by means of steam power.

(Informal) To become very angry; fume.

To expose to steam, as in cooking.

To cover or mist with steam

(Informal) To make angry

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

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

, fog

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

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

The act of cooking by steaming.

(figuratively) Internal energy for motive power.

(figuratively) Pent-up anger.

A steam-powered vehicle.

Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.

(obsolete) Any exhalation.

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

To cook with steam.

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

(intransitive) To produce or vent steam.

(intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.

To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.

To make angry.

(intransitive) To be covered with condensed water vapor.

(intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.

To move with great or excessive purposefulness.

(obsolete) To exhale.

Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.

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

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

Any exhalation.

To emit steam or vapor.

To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.

To move or travel by the agency of steam.

To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.

To exhale.

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.

Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

Travel by means of steam power;

Emit steam;

Rise as vapor

Get very angry;

Clean by means of steaming;

Cook something by letting steam pass over it;