Cool vs Mum - What's the difference?

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Cool is a related term of mum.

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As a proper noun mum is

one's mother.

cool

English

Alternative forms

* (slang) coo, kewl, kool, qewl, qool

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) . Related to (l).

Adjective

(er)

Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:

Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=2 citation , passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}

Of a person, not showing emotion, calm and in self-control.

Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.

Calmly audacious.

* (Nathaniel Hawthorne) (1804-1864)

Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.

* 1944 November 28, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:

My father was talking to the World's Fair Commission yesterday, and they estimate it's going to cost a cool fifty million.

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

(label) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.

* 2008 , Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in'' Nate Green, ''Built for Show , page xii

The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.

(label) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.

(label) A dismissal of a comment perceived as boring or pointless.

(label) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.

* (Henry Fielding) (1707-1754)

He had lost a cool hundred.

* (Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)

leaving a cool four thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket

Synonyms

* (having a slightly low temperature) chilly * (not showing emotion) distant, phlegmatic, standoffish, unemotional * (in fashion) ** (standard) , fashionable, in fashion, modish, stylish ** (colloquial or slang) happening, hip, in, trendy * (acceptable) acceptable, all right, OK * (not upset) easy, fine, not bothered, not fussed'''

Antonyms

* (having a slightly low temperature) lukewarm, tepid, warm * (not showing emotion) passionate * (knowing what to do and how to behave) awkward, uncool * (in fashion) , old hat, out, out of fashion * (acceptable) not cricket (UK), not on, unacceptable * (not upset) bothered, upset * (unenthusiastic) warm

Derived terms

* cool head * coolish * coolly * coolness * keep one's cool * lose one's cool * uncool

Quotations

* The earliest use of the word in this way seems to be in ' "The Moonstone" 1868: *: "She has been a guest of yours at this house," I answered. "May I venture to suggest — if nothing was said about me beforehand — that I might see her here?" *: "Cool!" said Mr. Bruff. With that one word of comment on the reply that I had made to him, he took another turn up and down the room. *: "In plain English," he said, "my house is to be turned into a trap to catch Rachel ... * In 1602, Shakespeare wrote that Queen Gertrude told Hamlet: *: "O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, Sprinkle cool patience."

Noun

(-)

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

in the cool of the morning

A calm temperament.

Synonyms

*(calm temperament) calmness, composure

Etymology 2

From (etyl) colen, from (etyl) , altered to resemble the adjective cool. See (l).

Verb

(en verb)

(literally) To lose heat, to get colder.

I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.

To make cooler, less warm.

* Bible, Luke xvi. 24:

Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.

(figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.

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

* Shakespeare:

We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.

Derived terms

* coolant * cooler * cooling * cool off * cool down * cool it * cool one's heels * cool one's jets

Anagrams

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mum

English

Alternative forms

* mam * mom, Mom (US) * Mum

Etymology 1

Alternative form of mam, or an abbreviation of mummy. Compare mom, mama.

Noun

(en noun)

(UK, Australia, Canada, New England, informal) Mother.

* 1993 , Hilda Hollingsworth, Places of Greater Safety , Zenobia Press edition, page 278,

'Ooh Mum', Auntie don?t allow smokin’ - Pat?s eyes were round with awe as ' Mum struck a match.

* 2004 , Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen, Irene Dunlap, Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul 2 , page 336,

Her mum says that she is deaf and only partially sighted, so I need to go and stand in front of her, so she can see the gift.

* 2006 , , page 88,

“Mum'! '''Mum'''!” he shouted out. The laughter stopped. Two bright, sparkling yellow eyes peeped from the hollow. Atop her head were the fluffy ear tufts that his '''mum''' was so proud of because they were fuller and lovelier than those of most Great Horned Owls. It was indeed his ' mum !

* 2011 , Chyna, FAM: Rolling in a London Girl Gang , unnumbered page,

He?s looking at my mum , at her swollen eyes, busted nose and bloodied lips. She?s mashed up something chronic, and the man who did this to her is my dad.

(dated) A term of respect for an older woman.

* 1840 , , Volume 1, 1851, page 130,

“Wy, mum',” said Mr. Weller, “I don?t think you?ll see a many sich, and that?s the truth. But if my son Samivel vould give me my vay, '''mum , and dis-pense with his—''might I wenter to say the vurd?”

“What word Mr Weller?” said the housekeeper, blushing slightly.

“Petticuts, mum ,” returned that gentleman, laying his had upon the garments of his grandson. “If my son Samivel vould only dis-pense vith these here, you?d see sich a alteration in his appearance, as the imagination can?t depicter!”

* 1885 , , 2011, unnumbered page,

Then she took off the hank and looked me straight in the face, and very pleasant, and says:

“Come, now, what?s your real name?

“Wh -- what, mum ?”

“What?s your real name? Is it Bill, or Tom, or Bob? -- Or what is it?”

Usage notes

Mum is only capitalized when used as a proper noun: * I don't think Mum will like you. * I don't think my mum will like you. *In New England, the word may still be spelt "mom", but it will have the pronunciation of "mum."

Synonyms

* See also

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of chrysanthemum.

Noun

(en noun)

A chrysanthemum.

Etymology 3

From (etyl) mum or .

Adjective

(-)

(colloquial) silent.

* Shakespeare

The citizens are mum , and speak not a word.

(colloquial) secret.

Derived terms

* keep mum * mum's the word

Interjection

stop speaking! hush!

* Shakespeare

Mum , then, and no more.

Verb

(mumm)

to act in a pantomime or dumb show

Noun

(-)

(obsolete) silence

(Hudibras)

Etymology 4

(etyl) Mummere, named after Christian Mumme, who first brewed it in 1492.

Noun

(-)

A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.

(Addison)

The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum . — Alexander Pope.

Anagrams

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