What's the difference between seethe and simmer?

Seethe


Definition:

  • (n.) To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh.
  • (v. i.) To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Out of the seabird whoops and thrashing drumming of the intro to Endangered Species come guitar-sax exchanges that sound like Prime Time’s seething fusion soundscapes made illuminatingly clearer.
  • (2) But there is something else seething in the collective unconscious.
  • (3) "Park Chu-Young of South Korea has scored from a free-kick, against Nigeria," he quietly seethes.
  • (4) In 1961 there had been riots in Warmbaths, and all this time the Transkei had been a seething mass of unrest.
  • (5) Baltimore’s under-fire criminal justice system risked antagonising its already seething local community on Wednesday by suspending legal procedures and imposing bail bonds of up to half a million dollars on the city’s most impoverished residents.
  • (6) As central Manama once again seethed, troops and riot police were nowhere to be seen.
  • (7) We wouldn’t notice much difference between them and the current lot, and it would save all that boasting and seething reported in the same issue ( Bong!
  • (8) We have said you can’t waste a game now and that’s what we’ve done,” said a clearly seething Newcastle manager.
  • (9) Writing in the Observer under the headline "Michael Gove, using history for politicking is tawdry" , Hunt seethes, "the government is using what should be a moment for national reflection and respectful debate to rewrite the historical record and sow political division."
  • (10) ITV news executives are privately seething about the BBC’s response to its revamped 10pm bulletin and have accused their rival of “arrogance”.
  • (11) Are there 250 people in there seething and about to jump the fence?” asked Downey.
  • (12) The city had been in a state of seething unrest since 29 December 2012, when Jyoti Singh, a medical student in her 20s, died of terrible injuries inflicted on her by a group of men who raped and tortured her on a bus.
  • (13) When soldiers eventually broke their siege and killed the ringleaders, Bin Laden was seething.
  • (14) "Those frames long haven't existed here," Volkova replied, seething.
  • (15) Three months later, on 21 September 1991, they fought again at a seething White Hart Lane and in front of an ITV audience of 12m viewers.
  • (16) Of the Moir storm, writer Tim Brown has decried in Spiked Online "a spectacle of feelings, a seething mass of self-affirming emotional incontinence, a carnival of first-person pronouns and expressions of hurt and proxy offence".
  • (17) Addressing the seething anti-establishment and anti-Jewish sentiment that is increasing among young Muslims is one of the many key challenges for the future.
  • (18) The kitchen window looked down over Trinity Place, now seething with people.
  • (19) Clegg shows he is still seething with David Cameron for failing to secure Tory support for House of Lords reform, as he explains why the prime minister's hopes of pressing ahead with a reform of parliamentary boundary sizes is now for the birds.
  • (20) Called simply September, the painting shows a generic image of the towers, sun-struck in the autumn morning and seething with smoke.

Simmer


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
  • (v. t.) To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There was already simmering anger over the deaths of civilians in US drone attacks aimed at alleged terrorists inside Pakistan and over an incident in February in which a CIA contractor, Raymond Davis, shot dead two men on the street in Lahore he said were trying to rob him.
  • (2) She ushers us into the kitchen, where a large metal pot simmering on the hotplate emits a spicy aroma.
  • (3) Experts say they are encouraged that after months of simmering discord Xi and Trump are preparing to thrash it out at the so-called winter White House .
  • (4) Add potatoes and simmer for as long as it takes for them to cook.
  • (5) Simmer for 2 minutes then stir in the orange zest, orange blossom water and vanilla extract.
  • (6) 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.
  • (7) There had been simmering tension between the Tottenham Hotspur manager and officers since a dawn raid on his Dorset home that was watched by press photographers.
  • (8) Tensions between the two groups on the island have been simmering beneath the surface since the end of British colonial rule in 1960.
  • (9) Simmering resentment towards the US presence on Okinawa exploded into anger in 1995 after three servicemen abducted and raped a 12-year-old girl , a crime that prompted lengthy negotiations on reducing the country's military footprint.
  • (10) A Communist party-controlled newspaper has launched a searing attack on Donald Trump after the president-elect threatened a realignment of his country’s policies towards China, warning the US president-elect: “Pride goes before a fall.” The Global Times, a notoriously rambunctious state-run tabloid, was writing after Trump reignited a simmering row with Beijing by suggesting he might recognise Taiwan , which China regards as a breakaway province, unless Beijing agreed a new “deal” with his administration.
  • (11) See you tomorrow.” The night of simmering tension was in contrast to the scenes on Tuesday night when a Sudanese man died as hundreds of migrants made 1,500 attempts to storm the Channel tunnel, prompting crisis meetings of the French and British governments.
  • (12) Add the broth to the pot and briskly simmer the mixture over medium to medium-low heat for about 2 hours for all the flavours to come together and mellow.
  • (13) But the underlying, bitter resentment among many in the local African American community about their treatment at the hands of an almost unanimously white police force and local authorities, will likely continue to simmer.
  • (14) 2 Roughly chop the chocolate and melt it in a large, heatproof bowl suspended over a pan of barely simmering water.
  • (15) Cover with plenty of fresh water, bring to a boil and simmer gently for 20-25 minutes, until just cooked.
  • (16) 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen kept hidden a simmering feud with writer John Ridley over credit for the historical biopic's Oscar-winning screenplay, reports The Wrap .
  • (17) This goes to the foundational relationship between law enforcement agencies and the communities that they’re sworn to serve and to protect.” In remarks at the meeting Obama said the “simmering distrust” between police and minority communities was not unique to St Louis but relevant to communities across the country.
  • (18) This paves the way for young people to turn simmering prejudice into murderous intent.
  • (19) Some of this reflects a simmering rivalry between Douglas Alexander, the election co-ordinator, and Michael Dugher, the shadow cabinet minister responsible for media presentation.
  • (20) Tensions between Uighurs and Han Chinese have been simmering for years.