Snappy vs Sparkling - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between snappy and sparkling

is that snappy is rapid and without delay while sparkling is of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.

As a verb sparkling is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun sparkling is

act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.

snappy

English

Adjective

(er)

(label) Rapid and without delay.

(=hurry up)

(label) Irritable.

(label) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.

Chilly, brisk, sharp.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:

Synonyms

* (rapid and without delay) fast, immediate, quick * (irritable) irritable, peevish, testy, tetchy

Derived terms

* make it snappy

sparkling

English

Verb

(head)

Adjective

(-)

Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.

Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.

Brilliant and vivacious.

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Synonyms

* glistening, twinkling * (of a beverage) fizzy, carbonated

Antonyms

* (of a beverage) noncarbonated, still

Noun

(en noun)

Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.

* Nathaniel John Hollingsworth

Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.

A sparkling wine.

* 2011 , Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)

Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.