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Which sentences should I use?

1. The weather is cool.
2. The weather is cooling.
3. It is cool under the trees.
4. It is cooling under the trees.

Thanks.

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Carpal Tunnel
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Any would be OK, but the cool ones do not imply that the temperature is becoming lower over time. That would be the meaning of the cooling ones.

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Cool and cooling give you the sense of being chilly but not cold.


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