Fizzled vs Fizzle - What's the difference?
fizzled | fizzle |
(fizzle)
To sputter or hiss.
* Ben Jonson
(figuratively) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
A spluttering or hissing sound.
Failure of a nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.
To sputter or hiss.
* Ben Jonson
(figuratively) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
A spluttering or hissing sound.
Failure of a nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.
As verbs the difference between fizzled and fizzle
is that fizzled is past tense of fizzle while fizzle is to sputter or hiss.As a noun fizzle is
a spluttering or hissing sound.fizzled
English
Verb
(head)fizzle
English
Verb
(fizzl)- ''The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.
- It is the easest thing, sir, to be done, / As plain as fizzling .
- The entire project fizzled after the founder retired.
Derived terms
* fizzlerNoun
(en noun)fizzle
English
Verb
(fizzl)- ''The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.
- It is the easest thing, sir, to be done, / As plain as fizzling .
- The entire project fizzled after the founder retired.