Boil vs Froth - What's the difference?
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The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
(rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.
To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
(intransitive) To cook in boiling water.
Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
(intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.
(intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
(obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
* Francis Bacon
To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
* Bible, Job xii. 31
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
* Surrey
foam
(figuratively) unimportant events or actions; drivel
* L'Estrange
To create froth in.
To bubble.
To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
* Dryden
* Tennyson
To cover with froth.
In transitive terms the difference between boil and froth
is that boil is to heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas while froth is to create froth in.In intransitive terms the difference between boil and froth
is that boil is of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe while froth is to bubble.boil
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bile, .Synonyms
* abscess * carbuncle * cyst * furuncle * pimple * pustuleExternal links
* (Boil)Etymology 2
(etyl) "to well up, boil"). More at seethe, well.Noun
(en noun)- Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil .
Verb
(en verb)- Boil some water in a pan.
- Boil the eggs for two minutes.
- Is the rice boiling yet?
- Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
- It’s boiling outside!
- I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
- to boil sugar or salt
- To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense cannot inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner.
- the boiling waves of the sea
- He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.
- His blood boils with anger.
- Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
Synonyms
* (of a liquid) seethe, well, plaw ; see also * (of the weather) be baking]], be scorching, [[swelter, be sweltering * (of a person) be seething]], be baking, [[stew, be stewingAntonyms
* (of a liquid) condense * (of the weather) be freezing * (of a person) be freezingDerived terms
* boil away * boil down * boil down to * boil off * boil over * go off the boil * hard-boiled * make someone's blood boil * parboil * pot boiler * slow boil * soft-boiledSee also
* bake * condense * freeze * fry * grill * poach * steamExternal links
* (Boiling)froth
English
Noun
- Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.
- It was a long speech, but all froth .
- Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth ?
Derived terms
* froth fly * froth insect * froth spit * froth wormVerb
(en verb)- I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly.
- The chemical frothed up when I added the acid.
- He froths treason at his mouth.
- Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?
- A horse froths his chain.