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Comfort vs Frother - What's the difference?

comfort | frother |

As nouns the difference between comfort and frother

is that comfort is contentment, ease while frother is a machine that generates froth.

As verbs the difference between comfort and frother

is that comfort is to relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to while frother is (dialectal) to comfort.

comfort

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Contentment, ease.
  • Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
  • Something that offers comfort.
  • the comforts of home
  • A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
  • We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
  • A cause of relief or satisfaction.
  • The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort : at least the independency was preserved.

    Synonyms

    *

    Antonyms

    * austerity

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
  • Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men.
  • To make comfortable. (rfex)
  • (obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
  • (Wyclif)
  • * Hooker
  • God's own testimony doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.
  • (obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!

    Synonyms

    * besoothe

    Derived terms

    * cold comfort * comfort woman * comfortable * comforter * comforting * discomfort * letter of comfort ----

    frother

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), alteration of frovre, .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialectal) To comfort.
  • (dialectal) To feed.
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A machine that generates froth
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 14, Harold Mcgee, For a Tastier Wine, the Next Trick Involves ..., New York Times, url=
  • , passage=There is a battery-powered frother , and a small glass channel that adds turbulence and air bubbles as the wine flows through it from the bottle into the glass.}}