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, in the way that it’s commonly meant, is a relative measure, and it’s relative to things like cool, warm, hot, etc. However heat (not hot) is an objective measure of a specific type of energy. Cold things have less of this energy than hot things. This is what people mean when they say that “cold is the absence of heat”.
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