different between fizz vs lather

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

Translations

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