different between coil vs frizz
coil
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /k??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Etymology 1
From Middle French coillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (French: cueillir), from Latin colligo (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- (“together”) + lego (“to gather”); compare legend. Doublet of cull.
Noun
coil (plural coils)
- Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- The wild grapevines that twisted their coils or tendrils from tree to tree.
- Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
- (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
- Synonym: inductor
- (figuratively) Entanglement; perplexity.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (koiru)
Translations
Verb
coil (third-person singular simple present coils, present participle coiling, simple past and past participle coiled)
- To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
- To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
- To wind cylindrically or spirally.
- (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
- a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason
- Pleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare
- a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
coil (plural coils)
- (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
- a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel
- And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act III:
- If the windes rage, doth not the Sea wax mad, / Threatning the welkin with his big-swolne face? / And wilt thou haue a reason for this coile?
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 162:
- this great Savage desired also to see him. A great coyle there was to set him forward.
- a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel
Derived terms
- mortal coil
Translations
Further reading
- coil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- coil in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Clio, coli, loci
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k?l?]
Noun 1
coil m
- vocative/genitive singular of col (“prohibition; sin, lust; violation; dislike; incest; relation, relationship”)
Noun 2
coil m
- inflection of col (“col”):
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
coil From the web:
- what coil to use for salt nic
- what coils are compatible with tfv9
- what coils are compatible with the falcon 2 tank
- what coilovers fit my car
- what coils fit the zeus tank
- what coils are compatible with geekvape aegis
- what coil for salt nic
- what coils are compatible with tfv9 tank
frizz
English
Alternative forms
- friz (dated)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??z/
- Rhymes: -?z
Etymology 1
From Middle English frysen, from Old French friser, frizer (“to frizzle, crisp, curl, ruffle, braid, touch lightly, graze, scratch”), of Proto-Germanic origin, perhaps via Old Frankish *fris (“curl”), from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“frizzy, curly”). Cognate with Old Frisian frisle, fr?sle ("the hair of the head, lock of hair, curl, ringlet"; > North Frisian friessle, fressle (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian frisseljen (“braid of hair, braid”)), Old English fr?s (“crisped, curled”).
Verb
frizz (third-person singular simple present frizzes, present participle frizzing, simple past and past participle frizzed)
- (intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
- (transitive) To curl; to make frizzy.
- with her hair frized short up to her ears
- 1937, John Betjeman, Slough
- In labour-saving homes, with care, / Their wives frizz out peroxide hair.
- There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs; […]
- To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
- To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
- To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.
Related terms
- friseur
- frizzle
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English fryse, from the verb. See above.
Noun
frizz (countable and uncountable, plural frizzes)
- A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair.
Translations
Further reading
- frizz in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- frizz at OneLook Dictionary Search
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English frizz.
Noun
frizz m (uncountable)
- frizz (of hair)
frizz From the web:
- what frizzy hair means
- what frizzy hair looks like
- what's frizzy hair
- what's frizz hair
- what frizzy means
- what's frizzy hair in french
- frizzle meaning
- frizzante what does it mean
you may also like
- coil vs frizz
- fortify vs prepare
- assemblage vs company
- sheen vs brilliancy
- horrible vs vicious
- transfer vs portion
- tone vs effect
- inherent vs basic
- trouble vs exasperate
- deathlike vs bloodless
- ignominious vs evil
- decorous vs befitting
- head vs master
- secure vs pin
- antecedent vs begetter
- wily vs artful
- enterprise vs progress
- mechanism vs gadget
- sinister vs lurid
- sense vs burden