different between fizz vs suds

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

Etymology

From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud +? -s. Related to seethe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?dz/

Noun

suds (uncountable)

1. Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water.
2. (slang) beer

   We went out for some pizza and suds.

Usage notes

• Sometimes treated as uncountable ("too much suds") and sometimes as plural ("too many suds").

Derived terms

• oversuds
• soapsuds
• suds up

Translations

Verb

suds (third-person singular simple present sudses, present participle sudsing, simple past and past participle sudsed)

1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, soapsuds.

   We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.