different between ebullience vs zip

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?bullientem + English -ence (suffix meaning ‘having the state or condition of’). ?bullientem is the accusative feminine or masculine singular of ?bulli?ns (“boiling”), the present participle of ?bulli? (“to boil”) (from ?- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + bulli? (“to bubble; to boil”) (from bulla (“bubble; bubble-shaped object”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ew- (“to blow; to inflate”))) + -?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?l.i.?ns/, /-?b?l-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??b?l.j?ns/, /-?b?l-/
• Hyphenation: ebul?li?ence

Noun

ebullience (usually uncountable, plural ebulliences)

1. A boiling or bubbling up; an ebullition.
2. (figuratively) The quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts.

   Synonym: exuberance

Derived terms

• ebulliency

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References

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: z?p, IPA^(key): /z?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

zip (plural zips)

1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
2. (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
3. (Britain, New Zealand) A zip fastener.
4. (slang) Zero; nothing.

   I know zip about economics.

5. A trip on a zipline.
6. (computing, informal) A zip file.
7. (programming) Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”)
8. (slang) An ounce of marijuana.

Synonyms

• (sound): whizz, zing
• (fastener): slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)

Translations

Interjection

zip

1. (onomatopoeia) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

Synonyms

• whee, whizz, zing

Translations

Verb

zip (third-person singular simple present zips, present participle zipping, simple past and past participle zipped)

1. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.

   zip one's lip

3. (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
4. (transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
5. (intransitive) (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.

   The bullet zipped through the air.

6. (intransitive, colloquial) (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).

   Zip down to the shops for some milk.

7. (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
8. To travel on a zipline.

Synonyms

• (close with a zip fastener): zip up

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Etymology 2

Noun

zip (plural zips)

1. Ellipsis of zip code.

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Spanish

Noun

zip m (plural zips)

1. (computing) zip