They can have a thermal energy but they can’t have heat. Heat is really the transfer of thermal energy. Or, in other words, the movement of thermal energy from one object to another.
If you put an ice cube in a glass of lemonade, the ice cube melts. Which way does heat flow?
The thermal energy from your lemonade moves to the ice cube.
The movement of thermal energy is called heat. The ice cube receives heat from your lemonade. Your lemonade gives heat to the ice cube.
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