Grizzle vs Sizzle - What's the difference?
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Of a grey colour.
To make or become grey.
(UK, slang) To whinge or whine.
* 1888 , , ''The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan ,
* 1976 , , Parliamentary Debates ,
* 2009 , , Game Girls ,
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.
Grizzle is a related term of sizzle.
As nouns the difference between grizzle and sizzle
is that grizzle is a dark grey colour while sizzle is (countable) the sound of water hitting a hot surface.As verbs the difference between grizzle and sizzle
is that grizzle is to make or become grey or grizzle can be (uk|slang) to whinge or whine while sizzle is to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface.As an adjective grizzle
is of a grey colour.grizzle
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) grisel, from grisAdjective
Verb
(grizzl)Etymology 2
From English West Country dialect.2010 , Alex Games, Balderdash & Piffle: English Words and Their Curious Origins ,page 135.
Verb
(grizzl)page 510,
- [Wilfred:] In tears, eh? What a plague art thou grizzling for now?
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- R. J. Tizard' — What are you ' grizzling about now?
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- The pin-thin girl is grizzling , whining that she has sand in her eyes.
See also
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sizzle
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 .