alt Hacker NewsFreezing water doesn't have a word, it only gets one after water has changed phase. Boiling water also gets a word once it has changed phase: steam.
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kgwgk • last Monday at 6:03 PM
Right. (I’m not sure if you’re aware but that’s exactly what I said.)
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Steam is liquid water droplets suspended in gas; water in the gas phase is “water vapor” which also doesn't have a single word.
This is also an interesting case because “vapor” without a qualifier also refers to a suspension of solid or liquid particles in gas (of which “steam” is a particular example).