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The expression "degrees Celsius" is a temperature, such as 10 °C that represents the coolness or warmth of a physical object, body, or gas.

The expression "Celsius degrees" refers to an interval between two measured temperatures. There are 100 Celsius degrees between water's freezing temperature 0°C and its boiling temperature 100°C.

So while the first indicates a specific measurement, the second indicates a difference between temperatures, a corresponding gain or loss of heat energy.

Celsius and Fahrenheit "degrees"

Note that Celsius "degrees" are not the same size as Fahrenheit "degrees" : the two scales use the same term to represent very different intervals. Each "degree" on the Celsius scale is 1.8 times as large as a "degree" interval in Fahrenheit. There are 180 Fahrenheit degrees between the freezing and boiling points of water (32°F and 212°F).

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"Fahrenheit degrees" refer to the unit of measurement in the Fahrenheit temperature scale, while "degrees Fahrenheit" is the proper way to express a temperature measurement in Fahrenheit. They essentially mean the same thing, with the latter being the correct phrasing for stating a specific temperature in the Fahrenheit scale.

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degrees Fahrenheit is an absolute temperature, but Fahrenheit degrees are relative quantities, refering to differences or changes. For example:

The ice water was 32 degrees Fahrenheit, but after sitting on the counter in the sunlight its temperature rose 50 Fahrenheit degrees, becoming 82 degrees Fahrenheit.

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They are one and the same.

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