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Mizzled vs Fizzled - What's the difference?

mizzled | fizzled |

As verbs the difference between mizzled and fizzled

is that mizzled is past tense of mizzle while fizzled is past tense of fizzle.

mizzled

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (mizzle)
  • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (humorous)
  • fizzled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fizzle)

  • fizzle

    English

    Verb

    (fizzl)
  • To sputter or hiss.
  • ''The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • It is the easest thing, sir, to be done, / As plain as fizzling .
  • (figuratively) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
  • The entire project fizzled after the founder retired.

    Derived terms

    * fizzler

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A spluttering or hissing sound.
  • Failure of a nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.