Epitome vs Ferment - What's the difference?
epitome | ferment |
(of a class of items) The embodiment or encapsulation of.
(of a class of items) A representative example.
(of a class of items) The height; the best.
(of a written document) A brief summary.
To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
* Alexander Pope
Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
* Rogers
* Walpole
A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
* Thomson
A catalyst.
As nouns the difference between epitome and ferment
is that epitome is (label) (embodiment or encapsulation of) while ferment is something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.As a verb ferment is
to react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.epitome
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Noun
(wikipedia epitome) (en-noun)Usage notes
The sense ‘the height, the best’ is considered incorrect by some; instead, `pinnacle' may be preferred.Synonyms
* (an embodiment of) in a nutshell (modern idiom), synopsis * (the best) greatest * (a summary) abstract, synopsisAntonyms
* antithesisDerived terms
* epitomize * epitomic * epitomicalExternal links
* * ----ferment
English
Verb
(en verb)- Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood.
Noun
(en noun)- Subdue and cool the ferment of desire.
- The nation is in a ferment .
- Down to the lowest lees the ferment ran.