✅ Fresh describes something that is cool and refreshing (a fresh breeze).

✅ Crisp describes something that is bracing or invigorating (a crisp autumn day).

✅ Both these terms can be used to describe refreshing and cool weather.

✅ Crisp, in particular, can be used as an understatement for cold, often for comedic effect (“Brr,” she said as she came in from the snowstorm, “It’s pretty crisp out there”).

✅ Shiver means to tremble with excitement, cold, or fear (The wind made him shiver).

✅ Quiver means to tremble and is often used in emotional or sad contexts (His lip quivered as he tried not to cry).

✅ Both of these words mean to shake rapidly or tremble. However, they tend to be used in different ways.

✅ Quiver is usually used to refer to the movement of a body part, whereas shiver tends to refer to the movement of the whole body.

✅ Freeze means to turn to ice, but it can also mean to be extremely cold, to feel as if part of you has turned to ice through fear or shock, or to go completely still (The water will freeze at these temperatures; A strange noise in the dark made him freeze in place).

✅ Chill means to become or make something become cold, but it can also informally mean to relax (I chilled the pie before serving; We decided to chill after work).

✅ Chilling something means to make something cold, whereas freezing means to bring it to the temperature at which liquids turn solid. Freeze suggests a greater cold than chill.