Warm vs. Cozy — What's the Difference?

Of or at a fairly or comfortably high temperature

Snug, comfortable, and warm.

Having or showing enthusiasm, affection, or kindness

Marked by friendly intimacy

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

(Informal) Marked by close association for devious purposes

(of a scent or trail) fresh; strong.

To make oneself snug and comfortable

Make or become warm

(Informal) To try to get on friendly or intimate terms; ingratiate oneself

A warm place or area

(Informal) To cause to appear comfortable or conducive to intimacy

Short for British warm

A padded or knitted covering placed over an item, especially a teapot, to keep it hot.

Somewhat hotter than temperate; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat; moderately hot

A hollow cylindrical holder, usually made of foam rubber or a similar soft material, used to keep a beverage cold while being held.

Having the natural heat of living beings

Standard spelling of cosy

Preserving or imparting heat

Standard spelling of cosy

Having or causing a sensation of unusually high body heat, as from exercise or hard work; overheated.

Standard spelling of cosy

Marked by enthusiasm; ardent

Snug; comfortable; easy; contented.

Characterized by liveliness, excitement, or disagreement; heated

Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar.

Marked by or revealing friendliness or sincerity; cordial

A wadded covering, often decorative, for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot. Also called tea cozy

Loving; passionate

A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm

Excitable, impetuous, or quick to be aroused

Enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space;

Predominantly red or yellow in tone

Having or fostering a warm or friendly atmosphere; especially through smallness and informality;

Recently made; fresh

Suggesting connivance;

Close to discovering, guessing, or finding something, as in certain games.

(Informal) Uncomfortable because of danger or annoyance

To raise slightly in temperature; make warm

To make zealous or ardent; enliven.

To fill with pleasant emotions

To become warm

To become ardent, enthusiastic, or animated

To become kindly disposed or friendly

A warming or heating.

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

Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.

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

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

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

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

(archaic) Ardent, zealous.

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

(archaic) Requiring arduous effort.

(transitive) To make or keep warm.

(intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.

Sometimes in the form warm up To favour increasingly.

(intransitive) To become ardent or animated.

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

To beat or spank.

To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Get warm or warmer;

Make warm or warmer;

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

Psychologically warm; friendly and responsive;

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

Having or displaying warmth or affection;

Freshly made or left;

Easily aroused or excited;

Characterized by strong enthusiasm;

Characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement;

Uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble;

Of a seeker; near to the object sought;

In a warm manner;