different between frothy vs yeasty

frothy

English

Etymology

froth +? -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

frothy (comparative frothier, superlative frothiest)

  1. Foamy or churned to the point of becoming infused with bubbles.
  2. (figuratively) lightweight; lacking depth or substance
    • 1827, Robert Pollok, The Course of Time
      The frothy orator, who busked his tales
      In quackish pomp of noisy words

Synonyms

  • (with bubbles): foamy, spumescent; see also Thesaurus:effervescent

Translations

Noun

frothy (plural frothies)

  1. (Australia, slang, chiefly in the plural) A serving of beer.

Translations

Anagrams

  • for thy, forthy

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yeasty

English

Etymology

From yeast +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ji?sti/
  • Rhymes: -i?sti

Adjective

yeasty (comparative yeastier, superlative yeastiest)

  1. Having or resembling yeast.
  2. Foamy and frothy.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.58:
      The Ocean when its yeasty war is waging / Is awful to the vessel near the rock [...].
  3. Emotionally bubbling over (as with exuberance)
  4. Trivial.
    • 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2
      Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I
      know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the
      time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of
      yeasty collection, which carries them through and
      through the most profane and winnowed opinions

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