Jolly vs Sparkling - What's the difference?
jolly | sparkling | Related terms |
Full of high and merry spirits; jovial.
(British) a pleasure trip or excursion
To amuse or divert.
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Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
Brilliant and vivacious.
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Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
* Nathaniel John Hollingsworth
A sparkling wine.
* 2011 , Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)
Jolly is a related term of sparkling.
As a proper noun jolly
is (female).As a verb sparkling is
.As an adjective sparkling is
of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.As a noun sparkling is
act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.jolly
English
Adjective
(er)Noun
(jollies)Derived terms
* jolly wellVerb
Derived terms
* jolly someone alongReferences
JOLLYin the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. 15, p. 495. English degree adverbs ----
sparkling
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* glistening, twinkling * (of a beverage) fizzy, carbonatedAntonyms
* (of a beverage) noncarbonated, stillNoun
(en noun)- Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.
- Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.