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Frizz vs Freezer - What's the difference?

frizz | freezer |

As nouns the difference between frizz and freezer

is that frizz is a mass of tightly curled or unruly hair while freezer is an appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

As a verb frizz

is of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.

frizz

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) frysen, from (etyl) friser, .

Verb

  • (lb) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
  • (lb) To curl; to make frizzy.
  • * (Samuel Pepys) (1633-1703)
  • with her hair frizzed short up to her ears
  • * 1937 , (John Betjeman),
  • In labour-saving homes, with care, / Their wives frizz out peroxide hair.
  • *
  • There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed , waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;.
  • To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
  • To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) fryse, from the verb. See above.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair.
  • freezer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0 Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
  • The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
  • Synonyms

    * cooler (room) * walk-in freezer (room) * deep freezer, deep-freezer (stand-alone appliance)

    Derived terms

    * deepfreeze, deep-freeze, deep freeze * freezer bag * freezer burn * fridge-freezer * freezer paper * freezer-proof

    See also

    * fridge * icebox * refrigerator ----