different between bubbles vs lather

English

Pronunciation

Noun

bubbles

1. plural of bubble

Noun

bubbles

1. (slang) Sparkling wine; champagne.
   • 2011 Grace Dent "TV OD: Candy Cabs" The Guardian, 9 April 2011:

     my grandest ambition is "pamper time" with "a glass of bubbles" and "some nibbles".

Verb

bubbles

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bubble

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: l?.th'?, lä.th'?, IPA^(key): /?læ.ð?(?)/, /?l??ð?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?læð?/
• Rhymes: -æð?(r), -??ð?(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English lather, from Old English l?aþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”), from Proto-Germanic *lauþr? (“that which is used for washing, soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówh?trom (“that which is used for washing”), from *lewh?-, *lowh?- (“to wash, bathe”). Cognate with Swedish lödder (“lather, foam, froth, soap”), Icelandic löður (“foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap”), Old Irish lóathar (“wash-basin”), Ancient Greek ??????? (loutrón, “a bath, wash-room”), Latin lav? (“I wash”), Albanian laj (“I wash”), Ancient Greek ???? (loú?). More at lye.

Noun

lather (countable and uncountable, plural lathers)

1. (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
2. (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
3. (countable) A state of agitation.

Derived terms

• in a lather
• lathery

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English *lethren, from Old English l?þrian, l?þrian, *l?eþrian (“to anoint, smear, lather”), from Old English l?aþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”). See above.

Verb

lather (third-person singular simple present lathers, present participle lathering, simple past and past participle lathered)

1. (transitive) To cover with lather.
2. (transitive) To beat or whip.
3. (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.

Derived terms

• lather up

Translations

Anagrams

• Hartel, Hartle, Thrale, halter, rathel, thaler