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Effervescence vs Hiss - What's the difference?

effervescence | hiss |

As nouns the difference between effervescence and hiss

is that effervescence is the escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink while hiss is a high-pitched sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.

As a verb hiss is

to make a hissing sound.

effervescence

Noun

(en noun)
  • the escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink
  • hiss

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A high-pitched sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.
  • An expression of disapproval made to sound like the noise of a snake.
  • Verb

  • To make a hissing sound.
  • As I started to poke it, the snake hissed at me.
    The arrow hissed through the air.
  • * Wordsworth
  • Shod with steel, / We hissed along the polished ice.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
  • * Bible, Ezekiel xxvii. 36
  • The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee.
  • * Shakespeare
  • if the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them
  • To utter with a hissing sound.
  • * Tennyson
  • the long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise