Froth vs Broth - What's the difference?
froth | broth |
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.
(uncountable) Water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled.
(countable) A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.
As nouns the difference between froth and broth
is that froth is foam while broth is water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled.As a verb froth
is to create froth in.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.