Not really....
Q:
Is it true that boiled tap water is the same as distilled water?
- Laura (age 50)
Kentucky
A:
Nope. Tap water has dissolved minerals in it. If you boil the water, but obviously not enough to boil it all away, some water will leave as vapor, so the water left will have a higher concentration of minerals than at the start. Distilled water is what you get if you gather that water vapor on some cool surface. It's almost pure water, with the minerals and other impurities left behind.