What's the difference between boil and fry?

Boil


Definition:

  • (v.) To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.
  • (v.) To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
  • (v.) To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.
  • (v.) To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.
  • (v.) To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.
  • (v. t.) To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.
  • (v. t.) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.
  • (v. t.) To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.
  • (v. t.) To steep or soak in warm water.
  • (n.) Act or state of boiling.
  • (n.) A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He says the next step will be moving to bore water, which will require people to boil water to drink.
  • (2) In addition to the proteinase, 3 or 4 peptides (16-22.0 kDa) were visible in SDS-PAGE gels of gland cell proteins; on boiling, these peptides aggregated to 31 kDa.
  • (3) Trout fishing is excellent in both, and after they fall over the edge of the Piedmont Plateau to the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the lower stretches of both waterways boil into class-2 and -3 whitewater for kayakers and canoeists.
  • (4) Serum SIRS-inducing activity was abrogated by treatment with proteinase K or boiling, but was not affected by dialysis, acidification to pH 2, or heating to 56 degrees C. This serum factor could be distinguished functionally and antigenically from SIRS and from interferon (IFN) alpha or IFN gamma.
  • (5) Next they are lucky if they can obtain an appointment before the boil bursts.
  • (6) The result that shed walls can be solubilized by boiling in SDS-dithiothreitol indicates that disulfide linkages are critical for wall integrity.
  • (7) Doctors refuse to discharge 'Baby Asha' because of fears for safety on Nauru Read more It’s understood the baby girl, who is about a year old and is known as Asha, suffered burns when boiling water was accidentally spilt on her on Nauru.
  • (8) Illness was also significantly associated with eating lightly cooked eggs (unmatched p = 0.02), but not soft boiled eggs, and precooked hot chicken (matched p = 0.006).
  • (9) The method is based on sonification of bacterial suspension in the presence of lysozyme and EDTA and subsequent extraction of the pellet with boiling water.
  • (10) Cobra poly C9 that is resistant to reduction and boiling in SDS could also be demonstrated.
  • (11) The vacuum flask method of using boiling water to decontaminate soft contact lenses is better and less expensive than other ways of using moist heat and can be safely and effectively applied under most domestic circumstances.
  • (12) The stimulating effect of the extract on 14C-NA incorporation into mitochondria is retained after dialysis, but is removed upon boiling of the extract.
  • (13) From about 1891 to 1905 home rule seemed to go off the boil in Ireland; people agitated instead over land reform and Irish universities.
  • (14) To examine the safety of foods (meat and milk) obtained from animals whose feeds were preserved with allyl isothiocyanate (AITC), the authors investigated the status and development of animals, some aspects of protein, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, some enzymes, hemopoiesis and reproduction function of Wistar rats fed diets containing the above products (55 g dry milk or 50 g boiled meat per 100 g diet).
  • (15) The exception was potato crisps which gave a similar glycemic response to boiled potato.
  • (16) The debate about house prices is reignited on Mondayamid claims by Britain's biggest property website that prices for homes have come "off the boil".
  • (17) This issue boils down to the question whether the ballot sponsors are more like citizens with strong policy views about a law (who normally cannot defend a law in federal court) or, instead, surrogate public officials who can act as the state for purposes of this lawsuit when the state itself refuses to do so (who would be permitted to defend the law).
  • (18) The findings will bring to the boil a long-simmering row over whether those differences mean organic food is better for people, with one expert calling the work sexed up.
  • (19) In animal experiments cholesterol is reduced by supplementing the diet with large doses of fresh, boiled, or dried products.
  • (20) The distribution of pancreatic polypeptide (PP)-like immunoreactivity (LI) in rat tissue was determined by a specific radioimmunoassay (RIA) after extraction with boiling 1 N acetic acid.

Fry


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts.
  • (v. i.) To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat.
  • (v. i.) To simmer; to boil.
  • (v. i.) To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat.
  • (v. i.) To be agitated; to be greatly moved.
  • (n.) The young of any fish.
  • (n.) A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) says Gregg Wallace opening the new series of Celebrity MasterChef (Mon-Fri, 2.15pm, BBC1).
  • (2) No one has jobs,” said Annie, 45, who runs a street stall selling fried chicken and rice in the Matongi neighbourhood.
  • (3) Dietary factors affect intestinal P450s markedly--iron restriction rapidly decreased intestinal P450 to beneath detectable values; selenium deficiency acted similarly but was less effective; Brussels sprouts increased intestinal AHH activity 9.8-fold, ECOD activity 3.2-fold, and P450 1.9-fold; fried meat and dietary fat significantly increased intestinal EROD activity; a vitamin A-deficient diet increased, and a vitamin A-rich diet decreased intestinal P450 activities; and excess cholesterol in the diet increased intestinal P450 activity.
  • (4) Fry's letter was also delivered to the Lausanne headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, by Guillaume Bonnet of the campaign group All Out .
  • (5) The dumplings could also be served pan-fried in browned butter and tossed with a bitter leaf salad and fresh sheep's cheese for a lighter, but equally delicious option.
  • (6) Heat vegetable oil and a little bit of butter in a clean pan and fry the egg to your taste.
  • (7) Fry, who has more than six million followers on Twitter, is an influential voice in the campaign to boycott the Sochi Games, comparing the situation to the decision to hold the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany.
  • (8) Two fish rhabdoviruses, spring viraemia of Carp virus (SVC) and Pike fry rhabdovirus (PFR), have been shown to multiply in Drosophila melanogaster.
  • (9) When the amounts of MeIQx measured in the urine collections were compared to the quantities of amine ingested in the fried beef, it was found that 1.8-4.9% of the oral dose was excreted unchanged in urine.
  • (10) A prominent gay rights activist, Nikolai Alexeev, said although Fry's letter "won't change anything" at the Olympics, it would help raise awareness of the plight of LGBT Russians.
  • (11) Fried, reports Variety, has now retired to Florida, but the director tracked her down and rewarded her with a dedication in the soon-to-be-published coffee table making-of book, as well as couple of cameos.
  • (12) Mixing 10% soy protein with ground meat prior to frying prevents the formation of these mutagens presumably by affording a lower surface temperature.
  • (13) A total of 20 deep-frying fat samples and 2 unused control fat samples was tested.
  • (14) Jane Baxter's stuffed courgette flowers Stuffed courgette flowers Photograph: Rob White You can't get much more summery than courgette flowers – Jane Baxter's take on these light crispy fried delights (use a vegetarian parmesan-style cheese ).
  • (15) We agreed today that these countries will become members of Nato.” With the “Orange Revolution” victory of pro-western candidates in Ukraine in 2004, State Department representative Daniel Fried rushed there and “emphasized US support for Ukraine’s Nato and Euro-Atlantic aspirations”, as a WikiLeaks report revealed.
  • (16) Mutagens detectable by Salmonella typhimurium TA98, after activation by liver S-9 fraction, are formed when meat is cooked by frying, broiling and boiling.
  • (17) Posthumously, his worst fears came true – as evidenced by additional tweeted tributes from such notables as Stephen Fry , Gary Lineker , Simon Pegg , and Arlene Phillips , who had lately seen him "walking around Belsize Park".
  • (18) If you look at a map of Britain resized according to house prices, London and the south-east form a massive blob, and every other region and nation are mere stringy offshoots, like a fried egg that is all yolk.
  • (19) Kelsey-Fry added: "Mr Beasley told the court that he believed that both Mr Mandaric and Mr Redknapp were actually under investigation and subject to an ongoing investigation, and he was going to interview them on what he understood to be the same matter.
  • (20) The absence of an effect of PRLs in chum salmon fry seems to be due, at least in part, to their good osmoregulatory ability during the period of seaward migration; effects of the exogenously administered PRLs may be compensated for by other hormones responsible for their hydromineral balance.