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metcet20
Turkey

vocabulary
 
any difference  between  chilly and cold
thanks 

20 Dec 2020      





douglas
United States

chilly generally means "a little bit cold" and cold is all encompassing, but also used for more extreme cold temperatures.  Colloquially, we say chilly for very cold weather more as humor/sarcasm.

21 Dec 2020     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

Following on from Douglas�s answer, I would say chilly is mainly used to describe the weather and cold can be used in all contexts - food, drinks, hands etc and how you feel: it�s chilly, I�m cold�. Food can be chilled but not chilly. 

21 Dec 2020     



metcet20
Turkey

Thanks for your kindness

21 Dec 2020     



lillianschild
Argentina

"Chilly" can also be used to refer to either behaviour or attitude and is synonymous with "unfriendly".
 
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/chilly?q=chilly

22 Dec 2020     



douglas
United States

and colloquially..it can also mean "cool" as in acting/being cool
 

23 Dec 2020     



elderberrywine
Germany

honestly, why don�t you look up the two words?

23 Dec 2020     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

@elderberrywine LOL LOL LOL

23 Dec 2020     



karagozian
France

Lol ! Hahaha.... hihihi... this made my day.

24 Dec 2020     



metcet20
Turkey

Did anybody force you to reply my question?

26 Dec 2020     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

Hi metcet20, you are right. I enjoy answering such queries and I know other members do, as well. Quite often, it is helpful to hear from a native speaker and you get an insight that you simply can�t from the dictionary. Interestingly, we sometimes even disagree about meanings and interpretations, but we can always shed some extra light, I think. 
We are here to help. Well, I am! 
 
Lynne  

26 Dec 2020     

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