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Difference Between Cool and Awesome

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Definitions

Cool

Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold
Fresh, cool water.
A cool autumn evening.

Awesome

Extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring awe
The awesome power of the atomic bomb

Cool

Giving or suggesting relief from heat
A cool breeze.
A cool blouse.

Awesome

Inspiring awe
An awesome thunderstorm.

Cool

Marked by calm self-control
A cool negotiator.
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Awesome

Expressing awe
Stood in awesome silence before the ancient ruins.

Cool

Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive
A cool greeting.
Was cool to the idea of higher taxes.

Awesome

(Slang) Remarkable; outstanding
"a totally awesome arcade game" (Los Angeles Times).

Cool

Of, relating to, or characteristic of colors, such as blue and green, that produce the impression of coolness.

Awesome

(dated) Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
The waterfall in the middle of the rainforest was an awesome sight.
The tsunami was awesome in its destructive power.
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Cool

Knowledgeable or aware of the latest trends or developments
Spent all his time trying to be cool.

Awesome

(colloquial) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
That was awesome!
Awesome, dude!

Cool

Excellent; first-rate
Has a cool sports car.
Had a cool time at the party.

Awesome

(slang) nodot=a: the quality, state, or essence of being awesome.
Pure awesome
Made of awesome

Cool

Acceptable; satisfactory
It's cool if you don't want to talk about it.

Awesome

Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight.

Cool

(Slang) Entire; full
Worth a cool million.

Awesome

Expressive of awe or terror.
An awesome glance up at the auld castle.

Cool

(Informal) In a casual manner; nonchalantly
Play it cool.

Awesome

Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;
New York is an amazing city
The Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight
The awesome complexity of the universe
This sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath
Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent

Cool

To make less warm.

Cool

To make less ardent, intense, or zealous
Problems that soon cooled my enthusiasm for the project.

Cool

(Physics) To reduce the molecular or kinetic energy of (an object).

Cool

To become less warm
Took a dip to cool off.

Cool

To become calmer
Needed time for tempers to cool.

Cool

A cool place, part, or time
The cool of early morning.

Cool

The state or quality of being cool.

Cool

Composure; poise
"Our release marked a victory. The nation had kept its cool" (Moorhead Kennedy).

Cool

Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

Cool

Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.

Cool

Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors.

Cool

Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

Cool

Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
His proposals had a cool reception.

Cool

Calmly audacious.
In control as always, he came up with a cool plan.

Cool

Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

Cool

(informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.

Cool

(informal) In fashion and fancy, part of or befitting the most leading trends and habits of the in crowd; originally hipster slang.

Cool

(informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?

Cool

(informal) Very interesting or exciting.
I think astronomy is really cool.

Cool

(informal) (followed by with) Able to tolerate; to be fine with.
I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me.

Cool

(informal) (of a pair of people) holding no grudge against one another; having no beef.
We're cool, right?

Cool

(sarcastic) (of an act or situation)'' annoying, irritating.

Cool

A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
In the cool of the morning

Cool

A calm temperament.

Cool

The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

Cool

To lose heat, to get colder.
I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.

Cool

To make cooler, less warm.

Cool

To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.

Cool

To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

Cool

(transitive) To kill.

Cool

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
Fanned with cool winds.

Cool

Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.
For a patriot, too cool.

Cool

Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.

Cool

Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.

Cool

Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.

Cool

Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
He had lost a cool hundred.
Leaving a cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket.

Cool

A moderate state of cold; coolness; - said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.

Cool

To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.
Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.

Cool

To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.

Cool

To become less hot; to lose heat.
I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus,the whilst his iron did on the anvil cool.

Cool

To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.
I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool.

Cool

The quality of being cool;
The cool of early morning

Cool

Great coolness and composure under strain;
Keep your cool

Cool

Make cool or cooler;
Chill the food

Cool

Loose heat;
The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm

Cool

Lose intensity;
His enthusiasm cooled considerably

Cool

Neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat;
A cool autumn day
A cool room
Cool summer dresses
Cool drinks
A cool breeze

Cool

Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional;
Play it cool
Keep cool
Stayed coolheaded in the crisis
The most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament

Cool

(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets;
Cool greens and blues and violets

Cool

Psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike;
Relations were cool and polite
A cool reception
Cool to the idea of higher taxes

Cool

Used of a number or sum and meaning without exaggeration or qualification;
A cool million bucks

Cool

Fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept;
He's a cool dude
That's cool
Mary's dress is really cool
It's not cool to arrive at a party too early

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