Eli5 is there no such thing as cold?

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My SO said the above statement and gave me an explanation “Cold is the absence of heat or energy”, it does make sense however in my head it is like saying (in very simplistic terms) “the countryside is the absence of a city” and that is just a ridiculous statement.

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Cold doesn’t exist in the same way that darkness doesn’t exist. Things are either illuminated or not. We use dark to describe an absence of light. Just like we use cold to describe the absence of heat. You can’t make darkness just like you cant make cold. But you can make light or heat. When things have no light or heat than they are dark or cold.

TLDR: you can’t add or take away darkness or cold. You can only add or take away light or heat. Darkness and cold are just the absence of light and heat.

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