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Froth vs Afroth - What's the difference?

froth | afroth |

In figuratively|lang=en terms the difference between froth and afroth

is that froth is (figuratively) unimportant events or actions; drivel while afroth is (figuratively) excited.

As a noun froth

is foam.

As a verb froth

is to create froth in.

As an adjective afroth is

covered with froth, foam.

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

    afroth

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Covered with froth, foam.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1969, author=Robert Coover, title=Pricksongs & descants: fictions citation
    • , passage=Fine the horses, with flying manes and tight lithe bodies, shoulders sweating, muscles rippling, mouths afroth .}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=2005, author=Robin Cody, title=Ricochet River citation
    • , passage=Like an underwater detonation, the pool was afroth with flapping and splashing.}}
  • (figuratively) Full of, or covered with something.
  • * {{quote-news, year=1908, date=August 20, title=Women in Print, work=Evening Post citation
    • , passage=The charms of a blue-eyed chestnut-haired maiden in a turquoise muslin, with a brown boa, and a brown chip hat afroth with brown feathers, could not be gainsaid.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1960, author=John Barth, title=The Sot-Weed Factor
    • , passage=
  • (figuratively) Excited.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2005, date=March 1, author=Lynn Jaeger, title=Toxic Tank Tops, and Other Oscar Revelations, work=The Village Voice citation
    • , passage=Last Saturday, the day before the Oscars, when the entire fashion world was afroth about which starlet was planning to wear what the next night, a small item in The New York Times caught our eye.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 26, author=Mitch Potter, title=Times' editorial page calls for intervention to save Winehouse, work=TheStar.com citation
    • , passage=The weighty editorial page of The Times of London doesn't make a habit of devoting thought to the travails of pop singers, whose exploits now more than ever keep the red-top British tabloids afroth .}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=September 3, author=Barney Ronay, title=Can money buy success?, work=The Guardian citation
    • , passage=Afroth with ambition, the new owners have already promised to win the Premier League, the Champions League and probably the Glenrothes by-election too.}}