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Crisp vs Sparkling - What's the difference?

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Crisp is a synonym of sparkling.


As adjectives the difference between crisp and sparkling

is that crisp is (of something seen or heard) sharp, clearly defined while sparkling is of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.

As nouns the difference between crisp and sparkling

is that crisp is (british) a thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack while sparkling is act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.

As verbs the difference between crisp and sparkling

is that crisp is to make crisp while sparkling is .

crisp

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
  • * This new television set has a very crisp image.
  • (dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
    • crisp hair
  • (obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks Leave your crisp channels.
  • Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
    • The crisp snow crunched underfoot.
  • * Goldsmith
    • The cakes at tea ate short and crisp .
  • Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
  • * Leigh Hunt
    • It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years.
  • Of weather, air etc.: dry and cold.
  • Quick and accurate.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • Brief and to the point. (Esp. in make it crisp .)
  • * It is better to understand the question clearly, pause for a little thinking and give a crisp answer.
  • * If we ask an expert about a certain query, this expert will often come up with a crisp answer (“yes” or “no”).
  • *
  • (obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • your neat crisp claret
  • Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • the snug, small room, and the crisp fire
  • Of wine: having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.

    • Derived terms

    * crisply * crispness * crispy

    Related terms

    * crispate * crispated * crispation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.

    • Synonyms

    * (US) potato chip, potato crisp.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make crisp.
    • to crisp bacon by frying it
  • To become crisp.
  • (dated) To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
  • (archaic) To undulate or ripple.
  • * Tennyson
    • to watch the crisping ripples on the beach
  • (archaic) To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple.
  • * Drayton
    • The lover with the myrtle sprays / Adorns his crisped tresses.
  • * Milton
    • The crisped brooks, / Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold.

    Derived terms

    * crispen * crisper

    Anagrams

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    sparkling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
  • Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
  • Brilliant and vivacious.
  • * '>citation

    • Synonyms

    * glistening, twinkling * (of a beverage) fizzy, carbonated

    Antonyms

    * (of a beverage) noncarbonated, still

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
  • * Nathaniel John Hollingsworth
    • Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.
  • A sparkling wine.
  • * 2011 , Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)
    • Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.