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Frizz vs Fritz - What's the difference?

frizz | fritz |

In intransitive terms the difference between frizz and fritz

is that frizz is of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls while fritz is to go wrong or become defective.

As a proper noun Fritz is

a name used to represent the German people (particularly the German armed forces) as a group.

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.
    • Related terms
    * friseur * frizzle

    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

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

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    fritz

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person.

    • Synonyms

    * Boche * jerry * Kraut * Hun

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (UK, offensive) A name used to represent the German people (particularly the German armed forces) as a group.
    • But if Fritz is stationed in that patch of woodland, we've got no chance!
    You! Fritz ! Tell us where the ammunition's kept!
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