Many people have a tendency to think that heat and temperature are the same thing. However, this is not true. Heat describes

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energy that flows from cooler objects to warmer objects.
the average amount of energy possessed by an object due to the potential energy stored in its bonds.
energy that flows from warmer objects to cooler objects.
the average amount of energy possessed by an object due to the motion of its particles.

Heat describes energy that flows from warmer objects to cooler objects.