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Froth vs Frother - What's the difference?

froth | frother |

As nouns the difference between froth and frother

is that froth is foam while frother is a machine that generates froth.

As verbs the difference between froth and frother

is that froth is to create froth in while frother is (dialectal) to comfort.

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

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    References

    frother

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), alteration of frovre, .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialectal) To comfort.
  • (dialectal) To feed.
    • Related terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A machine that generates froth
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 14, Harold Mcgee, For a Tastier Wine, the Next Trick Involves ..., New York Times, url=
    • , passage=There is a battery-powered frother , and a small glass channel that adds turbulence and air bubbles as the wine flows through it from the bottle into the glass.}}