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- billrussell42Lv 71 year agoFavorite Answer
a hot object has a high temperature and has a high thermal energy.
"heat" is ambiguous, and sometimes means high temperature and sometimes means high thermal energy, totally different things, so you have to look at context.
Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the atoms or molecules in the system.
technical definition: Thermal energy refers to several distinct thermodynamic quantities, such as the internal energy of a system; type of energy transfer (as is work); or for the characteristic energy of a degree of freedom in a thermal system.
basically, two different objects can have the same temperature, but different amounts of thermal energy.
- Old Science GuyLv 71 year ago
hot is an adjective describing the temerature of an object or system compared to its surroundings
heat is a verb meaning to add thermal energy to an object or system
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