Grey vs Sizzle - What's the difference?
grey | sizzle |
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, title= to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
to be exciting or dazzling
(countable) the sound of water hitting a hot surface
(uncountable) zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement.
As a proper noun grey
is .As a verb sizzle is
to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface.As a noun sizzle is
(countable) the sound of water hitting a hot surface.grey
English
Adjective
(greyer)citation, passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey , the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}
Revenge of the nerds, passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey -suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}
Usage notes
A mnemonic for remembering which spelling is used where: gre'''y'' is the (British) '''E'''nglish spelling, while ''gr'''a'''y'' is the '''A merican spelling. However, ''grey is also frequently found in American English.Derived terms
{{der3, battleship grey , grey area , greybeard , grey eminence , grey-haired , greyhound , greyness , grey ghost , grey matter}}See also
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English
Verb
(sizzl)- The song sizzled with energy.
Noun
- We heard the sizzle of the onions hitting the pan.
- Her performance had a lot of sizzle .