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Ebullient vs Effervesce - What's the difference?

ebullient | effervesce |

As an adjective ebullient

is enthusiastic; high-spirited.

As a verb effervesce is

(of a liquid) to emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz.

ebullient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • enthusiastic; high-spirited.
  • * Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 233)
  • (of a liquid) boiling or agitated as if boiling

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    effervesce

    English

    Verb

    (effervesc)
  • (of a liquid) to emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz
  • (of a gas) to escape from solution in a liquid in the form of bubbles
  • (of a person) to show high spirits

    • Related terms

    * effervescence * effervescent