different between icing vs freezing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?s??/
• Rhymes: -a?s??
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Gerund of the verb to ice.

Noun

icing (countable and uncountable, plural icings)

1. A sweet glaze made primarily of sugar and often flavored, typically used for baked goods; frosting.
2. (ice hockey) A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.
3. The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.
4. (aviation, meteorology) Conditions conducive to the formation of ice on aircraft surfaces; icing conditions.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Swedish: icing

Translations

Etymology 2

From the verb to ice.

Verb

icing

1. present participle of ice

Swedish

Etymology

From English icing.

Noun

icing c

1. (sports) icing; a minor violation of rules in hockey

Declension

Further reading

• icing in Svensk ordbok.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?i?z.??/
• Rhymes: -i?z??

Adjective

freezing (comparative more freezing, superlative most freezing)

1. (literally) Suffering or causing frost
2. (by extension, chiefly hyperbolic) Very cold
3. (with above or below) Zero °C, the freezing point of water.

Synonyms

• (literally): frosty, frigorific
• (very cold): ice-cold, icy

Derived terms

• subfreezing

Translations

Noun

freezing (countable and uncountable, plural freezings)

1. (uncountable, physics, chemistry) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
2. (countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.

Synonyms

• frost

Related terms

• freeze-dry
• freezer

Translations

Verb

freezing

1. present participle of freeze

Derived terms

• freezing point