melting vs heating
heating vs meltingmelting and heating both are nouns.
melting is an adjective but heating is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| melting | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| heating | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
heating is a hypernym of
melting; that is, heating is a
word with a broader meaning than melting:
- melting: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- heating: the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
Other hypernyms of melting include
warming, phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change.
| melting (noun) | heating (noun) |
|---|---|
| the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid | utility to warm a building |
| the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature |
| melting (adjective) | heating (adjective) |
|---|---|
| becoming liquid |
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