different between effervescence vs fizz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French effervescence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f?(?)?v?s?ns/

Noun

effervescence (countable and uncountable, plural effervescences)

2. The escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.
3. Vivacity.
4. Foment.

   • We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which are in a state of effervescence.

Related terms

• effervesce
• effervescent

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin effervescens (effervescent) and suffix -ence.

Noun

effervescence f (plural effervescences)

1. effervescence

Related terms

• effervescent

Further reading

• “effervescence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fizz (countable and uncountable, plural fizzes)

1. An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.

   I poured a cola and waited for the fizz to settle down before topping off the glass.

2. The sound of such an emission.

   Evan sat back in the hot tub and listened to the relaxing fizz and pops produced by the eruption of bubbles.

3. A carbonated beverage, especially champagne.

   Nathan ordered an orange fizz from the soda jerk at the counter.

Synonyms

• (emission of bubbles): effervescence, foam, froth, head
• (sound of bubbles): bubble, fizzle, hiss, sputter
• (carbonated beverage): pop, seltzer, soda, tonic

Translations

Verb

fizz (third-person singular simple present fizzes, present participle fizzing, simple past and past participle fizzed)

1. (intransitive) To emit bubbles.
2. (intransitive) To make a rapid hissing or bubbling sound.

   the fizzing fuse of a bomb

3. (intransitive) To shoot or project something moving at great velocity.
4. To travel at a great velocity, producing a sound caused by the speed.

Synonyms

• (emit bubbles): bubble, effervesce, foam, froth
• (make bubbling sound): fizzle, hiss, sizzle, sputter

Derived terms

• fizzy

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