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Foamy vs Effervescent - What's the difference?

foamy | effervescent | Synonyms |

Foamy is a synonym of effervescent.


As adjectives the difference between foamy and effervescent

is that foamy is full of foam while effervescent is (of a liquid) giving off bubbles; fizzy.

foamy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Full of foam.
    • He jumped overboard into the foamy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • * 1715–1720':Tlepolemus, the sun of Hercules, / Led nine swift vessels through the '''foamy seas — Alexander Pope, ''The Iliad
  • * 1831': For busy thoughts the Stream flowed on / In '''foamy agitation — William Wordsworth, ''Yarrow Revisited .

    • Synonyms

    * frothy, spumescent

    effervescent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy.
  • Vivacious and enthusiastic.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 22 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Liverpool 0-1 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The effervescent Suarez then went close again as he worked space for a shot after a mazy run but could not keep his close-range shot below the crossbar.}}

    Related terms

    * effervesce * effervescence