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small hot vs hot small

Both "small hot" and "hot small" are correct depending on the context. The order of adjectives in English usually follows a specific sequence (opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose), but in some cases, the order can be flexible. In this case, both phrases are correct and can be used depending on the emphasis you want to give to each adjective.

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small hot

This phrase is correct and can be used in specific contexts where the order of adjectives can be flexible.

This phrase can be used when you want to emphasize the size before the temperature of something. It is not the most common order, but it is still grammatically correct.
  • One large pepperoni, one large mushroom one small hot sausage.
  • At 8 o'clock in the small hot dressing room Behind the arena
  • I've always loved small, hot hatchbacks and this is one of the best.
  • I chop it into small pieces, pour hot water onto it, and, like you said, I add cayenne pepper and maple syrup.
  • But I had to go upstairs, this tiny little room that was actually made out of an old balcony, so it was incredibly hot, small and light, and I had to lie there. It was ridiculous.
  • Others have only small planets crowded closely in the hot zone of their stars.
  • These weapons have been developed to cause extremely powerful hot shrapnel blasts within a relatively small radius.
  • How hot? - Chinook took hits from small arms, RPGs.
  • Meanwhile, if you want to sit in a warm place with some hot tea, there's a small station across the street.
  • These weapons are developed to cause extremely powerful and lethal hot shrapnel blasts but only in a relatively small radius.
  • Several microscope hot stages are in use for the determination of melting temperatures with very small quantities of material.
  • And his hands are really small. It's his feely, little, touchy, hot hands.
  • It's just a small cylinder down here which holds the generator inside and all the linkage and it's the hot cap - the hot cylinder on the top - this part gets hot, this part is cool, and electricity comes out.
  • On a road like this, you need something small, you need a hot hatchback.
  • Okay, so the hot tub that I just hooked up in boys town may have overloaded the circuit board, which almost definitely caused a small electrical fire. I'm sorry.
  • Place it in quite a small place and make sure it's quite a hot place.
  • At first glance, the offers tabled by the EU regarding agricultural policy seem fairly constructive but, if one reads the small print, it becomes clear that the EU's offer contains a good deal of hot air.
  • A product in the form of a steel disc, cut from a flat hot-rolled plate, with a diameter of approximately 187 cm and a thickness of approximately 1,5 cm, with a stamped small hole and larger oval-shaped hole.
  • the supply of heat energy used by households and small entrepreneurs who are not subject to VAT for heating and the production of hot water, excluding raw materials used to generate heat energy;
  • the supply of heat energy used by private households and small entrepreneurs who are not subject to VAT for heating and the production of hot water, excluding raw materials used to generate heat energy, until 31 December 2008.

Alternatives:

  • hot small

hot small

This phrase is also correct and follows the typical order of adjectives in English.

This phrase is more common and follows the usual order of adjectives in English, where size comes before temperature. It is the preferred order in most cases.
  • I've always loved small, hot hatchbacks and this is one of the best.
  • One large pepperoni, one large mushroom one small hot sausage.
  • At 8 o'clock in the small hot dressing room Behind the arena
  • But I had to go upstairs, this tiny little room that was actually made out of an old balcony, so it was incredibly hot, small and light, and I had to lie there. It was ridiculous.
  • Others have only small planets crowded closely in the hot zone of their stars.
  • These weapons have been developed to cause extremely powerful hot shrapnel blasts within a relatively small radius.
  • How hot? - Chinook took hits from small arms, RPGs.
  • Meanwhile, if you want to sit in a warm place with some hot tea, there's a small station across the street.
  • These weapons are developed to cause extremely powerful and lethal hot shrapnel blasts but only in a relatively small radius.
  • Several microscope hot stages are in use for the determination of melting temperatures with very small quantities of material.
  • I chop it into small pieces, pour hot water onto it, and, like you said, I add cayenne pepper and maple syrup.
  • And his hands are really small. It's his feely, little, touchy, hot hands.
  • It's just a small cylinder down here which holds the generator inside and all the linkage and it's the hot cap - the hot cylinder on the top - this part gets hot, this part is cool, and electricity comes out.
  • On a road like this, you need something small, you need a hot hatchback.
  • Okay, so the hot tub that I just hooked up in boys town may have overloaded the circuit board, which almost definitely caused a small electrical fire. I'm sorry.
  • Place it in quite a small place and make sure it's quite a hot place.
  • At first glance, the offers tabled by the EU regarding agricultural policy seem fairly constructive but, if one reads the small print, it becomes clear that the EU's offer contains a good deal of hot air.
  • A product in the form of a steel disc, cut from a flat hot-rolled plate, with a diameter of approximately 187 cm and a thickness of approximately 1,5 cm, with a stamped small hole and larger oval-shaped hole.
  • the supply of heat energy used by households and small entrepreneurs who are not subject to VAT for heating and the production of hot water, excluding raw materials used to generate heat energy;
  • the supply of heat energy used by private households and small entrepreneurs who are not subject to VAT for heating and the production of hot water, excluding raw materials used to generate heat energy, until 31 December 2008.

Alternatives:

  • small hot

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