Foams vs Roams - What's the difference?
foams | roams |
(foam)
A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains.
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To form or emit foam.
* Bible, Mark ix. 18
* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
(roam)
To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille'' (in ''The Guardian , 26 November 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/26/arsenal-marseille-match-report-champions-league]
(intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
To or wander over.
* (John Milton)
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As verbs the difference between foams and roams
is that foams is third-person singular of foam while roams is third-person singular of roam.foams
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(head)foam
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Derived terms
* foamyVerb
(en verb)- He foameth , and gnasheth with his teeth.
- 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.
roams
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(head)Anagrams
* *roam
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(en verb)- Wilshere had started as a left-footed right-winger, coming in off the flank, but he and Özil both had the licence to roam . Tomas Rosicky was not tied down to one spot either and, with Ramsey breaking forward as well as Olivier Giroud's considerable presence, Marseille were overwhelmed from the moment Bacary Sagna's first touch of the night sent Wilshere running clear.
- And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam .
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