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Frith vs Froth - What's the difference?

frith | froth |

As a proper noun frith

is .

As a noun froth is

foam.

As a verb froth is

to create froth in.

frith

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia frith) From (etyl), from (etyl) . Related to (l).

Noun

(-)
  • (rare, or, archaic) Peace; security.
  • (obsolete) Sanctuary, asylum.

    • Usage notes

    * (peace) This sense is obsolete, except that it has recently been revived among followers of Heathenry. When used by Heathens, it is fairly synonymous with the slightly less rare English word comity.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) frithien, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To protect; guard.
  • (obsolete) To inclose; fence in, as a forest or park.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . More at forest.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a wood, woodland, forest; undergrowth, brushwood

    • Etymology 4

    See firth.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK) A kind of weir for catching fish.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    froth

    English

    Noun

  • foam
    • Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , He replaced her again breadthwise on the couch, unable to sit up, with her thighs open, between which I could observe a kind of white liquid, like froth , hanging about the outward lips of that recently opened wound, which now glowed with a deeper red.}}
  • (figuratively) unimportant events or actions; drivel
  • * L'Estrange
    • It was a long speech, but all froth .
    Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth ?

    Derived terms

    * froth fly * froth insect * froth spit * froth worm

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To create froth in.
    • I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly.
  • To bubble.
    • The chemical frothed up when I added the acid.
  • To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
  • * Dryden
    • He froths treason at his mouth.
  • * Tennyson
    • Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?
  • To cover with froth.
    • A horse froths his chain.

    Derived terms

    * frothy * froth at the mouth

    Anagrams

    *

    References