different between zit vs boil
zit
English
Etymology
Uncertain origin, first attested as 1960s North American English slang. Compare English chit (“pimple, wart”), German Zitze (“teat, nipple”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
zit (plural zits)
- (US, slang) pimple
- 1968, J. Lawrence Hagen, "Pinball 1959", Generation volume 20–21, page 182:
- I can't help thinking how little good all that working out did him. I think the only thing he ever got out of it was more zits.
- 1987Adventures in Babysitting, 00:06:35:
- Brad: Sara, did you take my Clearasil again? Sara: I ran out of brown (paint). Brad: Great. How am I supposed to cover up my zits?
- 1968, J. Lawrence Hagen, "Pinball 1959", Generation volume 20–21, page 182:
Synonyms
- acker, akker (Archaic Australian slang)
Derived terms
- zitso
- zitty
Translations
See also
- acne
- blackhead
- pimple
- spot
Anagrams
- tiz
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /z?t/
- Hyphenation: zit
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From zitten.
Noun
zit m (plural zitten, diminutive zitje n)
- the act of sitting
- (Belgium, by extension) an exam term at university or an institution of intermediate tertiary education
- seat
- (by extension) a seat in a legislative or regulatory group (e.g. in a parliament or a board)
Synonyms
- (the act of sitting): zitting
- (exam term): zittijd
- (seat): zetel, zeet
- (seat in a group): zetel, zitje
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
zit
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of zitten
- imperative of zitten
Middle High German
Etymology
From Old High German z?t, from Proto-Germanic *t?diz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ti- (“time, period”), from *d?- (“time”).
Noun
z?t f
- time
Descendants
- Alemannic German: Ziit, Zit
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: zait
- Mòcheno: zait
- Central Franconian: Zeck, Zick
- German: Zeit
- Hunsrik: Zeid
- Luxembourgish: Zäit
- Pennsylvania German: Zeit
- Vilamovian: cajt
- Yiddish: ????? (tsayt)
Paipai
Noun
zit
- day
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boil
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Etymology 1
From Middle English bile, büle (“boil, tumor”), from Old English b?l, b?le (“boil, swelling”), from Proto-Germanic *b?lij?, *b?l? (“boil”). Akin to German Beule (“boil, hump”), Icelandic beyla (“swelling, hump”).
Noun
boil (plural boils)
- A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- sand boil (pathology)
Translations
Further reading
- Boil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir (French: bouillir) from Latin bull?re, present active infinitive of bulli? (“I bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”). Displaced native Middle English sethen (“to boil”) (from Old English s?oþan (“to boil, seethe”)), Middle English wellen (“to boil, bubble”) (from Old English wiellan (“to bubble, boil”)), Middle English wallen (“to well up, boil”) (from Old English weallan (“to well up, boil”)). More at seethe, well.
Noun
boil (plural boils)
- The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
- Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.
- A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
- (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
boil (third-person singular simple present boils, present participle boiling, simple past and past participle boiled)
- (transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cook in boiling water.
- (intransitive, of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
- (transitive, Britain, informal) To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 20–21:
- I'll boil the kettle.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 20–21:
- (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
- (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot.
- (transitive) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
- (obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
- To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
- To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
Synonyms
- (of a liquid): seethe, well, plaw (UK, dialectal, dated, uncommon); see also Thesaurus:cook
- (of the weather): be baking, be scorching, be sweltering
- (of a person): be seething, be baking, be stewing
Antonyms
- (of a liquid): condense
- (of the weather): be freezing
- (of a person): be freezing
Derived terms
Related terms
- ebullient
Translations
See also
- bake
- condense
- freeze
- fry
- grill
- poach
- steam
Further reading
- Boiling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- bilo, biol, biol., boli, lobi
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