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Foam vs Forth - What's the difference?

foam | forth |

As nouns the difference between foam and forth

is that foam is a substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains while forth is misspelling of lang=en.

As a verb foam

is to form or emit foam.

As an adverb forth is

forward in time, place or degree.

As a preposition forth is

forth from; out of.

As an adjective forth is

misspelling of lang=en.

As a proper noun Forth is

a river in Scotland that flows for about 47 km (29 miles) from The Trossachs through Stirling to the Firth of Forth on the North Sea.

foam

English

Noun

  • A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains.
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  • (by extension) Sea foam; (figuratively) the sea.

    • Derived terms

    * foamy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form or emit foam.
  • * Bible, Mark ix. 18
    • He foameth , and gnasheth with his teeth.
  • * 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
    • What I suffered with that rein for four long months in my lady's carriage, it would be hard to describe, but I am quite sure that, had it lasted much longer, either my health or my temper would have given way. Before that, I never knew what it was to foam at the mouth, but now the action of the sharp bit on my tongue and jaw, and the constrained position of my head and throat, always caused me to froth at the mouth more or less.

    forth

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) . Compare Dutch voort.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Forward in time, place or degree.
  • * Shakespeare
    • From this time forth , I never will speak word.
  • * Strype
    • I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bade me say forth ; I said I was taught no more.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}
  • Out into view; from a particular place or position.
    • The plants in spring put forth leaves.
    The robbers leapt forth from their place of concealment.
  • (obsolete) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have no mind of feasting forth to-night.
  • (obsolete) Thoroughly; from beginning to end.
    • (Shakespeare)
    Derived terms
    * forth- * and so forth * back and forth * blossom forth * bring forth * burst forth * call forth * come forth * give forth * go forth * hold forth * pour forth * put forth * send forth * set forth * stand forth * stretch forth

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (obsolete) Forth from; out of.
  • * John Donne
    • Some forth their cabins peep.

    Etymology 2

    From (fourth) - compare (forty)

    Adjective

    (head)

    • Noun

    (head)

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