boil vs chafe

boil

verb
  • To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce. 

  • To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation. 

  • To feel uncomfortably hot. 

  • To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid. 

  • To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil. 

  • To begin to turn into a gas, seethe. 

  • To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. 

  • To be uncomfortably hot. 

  • To cook in boiling water. 

noun
  • The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point. 

  • A dish of boiled food, especially seafood. 

  • A social event at which people gather to boil and eat food, especially seafood. (Compare a bake or clambake.) 

  • The collective noun for a group of hawks. 

  • A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. 

chafe

verb
  • To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. 

  • To be worn by rubbing. 

  • To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. 

  • To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. 

  • To fret and wear by rubbing. 

  • To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. 

noun
  • Injury or wear caused by friction. 

  • Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. 

  • Heat excited by friction. 

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