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Seethe vs Sizzle - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between seethe and sizzle

is that seethe is to boil while sizzle is to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface.

As a noun sizzle is

the sound of water hitting a hot surface.

seethe

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

  • (label) To boil.
  • *:
  • *:A none syr kay sayd / here is good mete for vs for one meale / for we had not many a day no good repast / And so that veneson was rosted baken and soden / and so after souper somme abode there al that nyghte
  • *1933 , Herbert Danby, The Mishnah , p.289:
  • *:When he had cooked or seethed the Peace-offering, the priest took the sodden shoulder of the ram and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened wafer and put them upon the hands of the Nazirite and waved them.
  • *1960 , James Enge, Travellers' Rest :
  • *:“Seethe some of that in Gar Vindisc's good water and bring it to us. Bread, too, as long as you don't make it from shellbacks.”
  • To boil vigorously.
  • To foam in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
  • To be in an agitated or angry mental state, as if boiling.
  • To buzz with activity.
  • sizzle

    English

    Verb

    (sizzl)
  • to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
  • to be exciting or dazzling
  • The song sizzled with energy.

    Noun

  • (countable) the sound of water hitting a hot surface
  • We heard the sizzle of the onions hitting the pan.
  • (uncountable) zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement.
  • Her performance had a lot of sizzle .