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Sparkling vs Soda - What's the difference?

sparkling | soda |

As nouns the difference between sparkling and soda

is that sparkling is act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam while soda is soldier.

As a verb sparkling

is .

As an adjective sparkling

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

sparkling

English

Verb

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  • 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.
  • * '>citation
  • 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.

    soda

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate.
  • (uncountable) Sodium in chemical combination.
  • (uncountable) Carbonated water (originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=5 citation , passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda , and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
       ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’}}
  • (chiefly, US, regional, especially, in the northeast, uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
  • (chiefly, US, regional, especially, in the northeast, countable) A glass, bottle or can of this drink.
  • Synonyms

    * (sense) carbonated drink, fizzy drink, fizz (UK), (fizzy) pop , soda pop (US), soft drink, coke (Southern US)

    Derived terms

    * baking soda * bicarbonate of soda * caustic soda * club soda * cream soda * ice-cream soda * muriate of soda * hydrosulfite of soda, hydrosulphite of soda * nitrate of soda * soda-acid * soda ash * soda biscuit * soda bread * soda cellulose * soda counter * soda cracker * soda fountain * soda glass * sodaic * soda jerk * soda jerker * soda lake * soda-lime glass * sodalite * soda lye * sodamide * soda niter, soda nitre * soda paper * soda pop * soda prairie * soda process * soda pulp * soda siphon * soda waste * soda water * sodium * sulfate of soda, sulphate of soda * sulfite of soda, sulphite of soda * washing soda

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