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Thermal energy is nearly the same thing has heat.

The distinction has some linguistic aspects.

If I add heat to an object, I increase its thermal energy.

Anything that contains thermal energy contains heat or heat energy.

The words "heat energy" and "thermal energy" are used interchangeably.

The word heat has other flexible uses. It can be a verb.

Outside of science, the terms heat and temperature are use to mean the same thing, but this is technically wrong in scientific usage.

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