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Froth vs Splinter - What's the difference?

froth | splinter |

In lang=en terms the difference between froth and splinter

is that froth is to bubble while splinter is to fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

As nouns the difference between froth and splinter

is that froth is foam while splinter is a long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.

As verbs the difference between froth and splinter

is that froth is to create froth in while splinter is to come apart into long sharp fragments.

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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    splinter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
  • A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.

    • Synonyms

    * (long sharp fragment) shard, spelk. * (group formed by splitting) faction, splinter group.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To come apart into long sharp fragments.
    • The tall tree splintered during the storm.
  • To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
    • His third kick splintered the door.
  • * Prescott
    • After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and abandoned the field to the enemy.
  • (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
    • The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
    The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
  • To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
    • (Bishop Wren)

    Related terms

    * splint * splinter up