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Sizzle vs Mizzle - What's the difference?

sizzle | mizzle |

As verbs the difference between sizzle and mizzle

is that sizzle is to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface while mizzle is to rain in very fine drops or mizzle can be (chiefly|british) to abscond, scram, flee.

As nouns the difference between sizzle and mizzle

is that sizzle is (countable) the sound of water hitting a hot surface while mizzle is misty rain or drizzle.

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 .

    Anagrams

    * English onomatopoeias

    mizzle

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (mizzl)
  • To rain in very fine drops.
    • Synonyms
    * (rain in very fine drops) drizzle

    Noun

    (-)
  • misty rain or drizzle

    • See also

    * mizzly

    Etymology 2

    .An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English'' (ISBN 0486122867)''Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang (ISBN 0199232059)

    Verb

    (mizzl)
  • (chiefly, British) To abscond, scram, flee.
  • * 19th c. Epigram quoted by (1810 - 1877), reproduced in Webster 1902-1913:
    • As long as George IV could reign, he reigned, and then he mizzled .
  • * 1850, [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1593080638&id=ZIjn0JH0x5EC&pg=PA286&lpg=PA286&sig=pHEE_LSu9AbOSBy47FAbydKRHeo]
    • “Now you may mizzle , Jemmy (as we say at Court), and if Mr. Copperfield will take the chair I’ll operate on him.”
  • * 1986, Joan Aiken, Dido and Pa [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0618196234&id=MNEhgMsgaIMC&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&sig=JAfeh2dResB-FcNOuZRJBiu0ISA]
    • “Now you better mizzle ,” Dido told him. “Get back to your own quarters, fast.”

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