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Sizzle vs Swizzle - What's the difference?

sizzle | swizzle |

As verbs the difference between sizzle and swizzle

is that sizzle is to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface while swizzle is to stir or mix.

As nouns the difference between sizzle and swizzle

is that sizzle is (countable) the sound of water hitting a hot surface while swizzle is any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.

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

    swizzle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.

    • Derived terms

    * swizzle stick

    See also

    * cocktail

    Verb

    (swizzl)
  • To stir or mix.
    • She swizzled the milk into her coffee.
  • (computing) To permute bits.
  • (computing, programming, transitive) To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.
  • To drink; to swill.
    • (Halliwell)

    Antonyms

    * (convert symbols to pointers) unswizzle

    References