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Frotted vs Frothed - What's the difference?

frotted | frothed |

As verbs the difference between frotted and frothed

is that frotted is past tense of frot while frothed is past tense of froth.

frotted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (frot)

    • frot

    English

    Verb

    (frott)
  • (slang) To publicly rub one's genitals against someone for sexual gratification, especially without the other's consent or knowledge. (In this sense it is related to frotteurism and not frottage.)
  • (archaic) To rub, chafe.
  • (tanning) To work leather by rubbing.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia frot) (en noun)
  • A non-penetrative sex in which two males rub each other's penises.

    • Related terms

    * frottage

    Anagrams

    * ----

    frothed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (froth)

    • 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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