Sizzled vs Fizzled - What's the difference?
sizzled | fizzled |
(sizzle)
to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
to be exciting or dazzling
(countable) the sound of water hitting a hot surface
(uncountable) zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement.
(fizzle)
To sputter or hiss.
* Ben Jonson
(figuratively) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
A spluttering or hissing sound.
Failure of a nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.
As verbs the difference between sizzled and fizzled
is that sizzled is past tense of sizzle while fizzled is past tense of fizzle.sizzled
English
Verb
(head)sizzle
English
Verb
(sizzl)- The song sizzled with energy.
Noun
- We heard the sizzle of the onions hitting the pan.
- Her performance had a lot of sizzle .
Anagrams
* English onomatopoeiasfizzled
English
Verb
(head)fizzle
English
Verb
(fizzl)- ''The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.
- It is the easest thing, sir, to be done, / As plain as fizzling .
- The entire project fizzled after the founder retired.