Boiling vs. Vaporization

Boilingnoun

The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

Boilingnoun

(uncountable) An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.

Boilingadjective

That boils or boil.

Boilingadjective

Of a thing: extremely hot or active.

Boilingadjective

Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot.

Boilingadjective

Of the weather: very hot.

Boilingadverb

(of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely

Boilingadjective

Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.

Boilingnoun

The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.

Boilingnoun

Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.

Boilingnoun

the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas

Boilingnoun

cooking in a boiling liquid

Boilingadverb

extremely;

Boiling

Boiling is the rapid vaporization of a liquid, which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point, the temperature at which the vapour pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding atmosphere. At sea level the boiling point of water is 100 °C or 212 °F but at higher altitudes it drops to correspond with decreasing atmospheric pressures.

Vaporizationnoun

A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas.

Vaporizationnoun

A destruction of something by turning it into vapor.

Vaporizationnoun

The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler.

Vaporizationnoun

annihilation by vaporizing something

Vaporizationnoun

the process of becoming a vapor

Vaporization

Vaporization (or vaporisation) of an element or compound is a phase transition from the liquid phase to vapor. There are two types of vaporization: evaporation and boiling.