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My understanding is that **冷える** describes the state of going from room
temperature to a lower one, e.g. to **chill** beer, to **get cold** (weather,
relationship), etc. On the other hand, **冷める** is about going from a high
temperature to room temperature.

**If the above holds true, how come this sentence found under a dictionary
entry defies such definition:**

> ･ **冷えた** スープを温める  
>  (Entry "温める," taken from ルミナス、研究社)

I do not think they are referring to gazpacho (served cold) and the like,
because it does not make much sense to heat up something you intentionally let
chill, that which is meant to be cold in the first place. Neither do I think
it is a mere typo, since I believe a mistake as simple as such would have been
edited out in a published dictionary.

*Much to my dismay, found under their 冷める entry:

> スープが **冷めない** ようになべをストーブの上にのせておいた。

ご指導いただけませんでしょうか。お願いいたします！
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*冷えた*スープを温める: Is 冷える a misuse?
> **冷{ひ}えた** スープを温{あたた}める

This phrase makes perfect sense if the soup had been refrigerated (instead of
being left at the room temperature).

If the soup had been left at the room temperature, however, it would be far
more natural to say:

> **冷{さ}めた** スープを温める
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