Sparkling vs Peppery - What's the difference?
sparkling | peppery | Related terms |
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
Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
* Nathaniel John Hollingsworth
A sparkling wine.
* 2011 , Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)
Having the taste of pepper.
Having a fiery temperament.
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Sparkling is a related term of peppery.
As adjectives the difference between sparkling and peppery
is that sparkling is of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks while peppery is having the taste of pepper.As a verb sparkling
is .As a noun sparkling
is act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.sparkling
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* glistening, twinkling * (of a beverage) fizzy, carbonatedAntonyms
* (of a beverage) noncarbonated, stillNoun
(en noun)- Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.
- 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.
peppery
English
Adjective
(er)- a peppery old Army major
- For I'm a peppery potentate, \ Who's little inclined his claim to bate, \ To fit the wit of a bit of a chit, \ And that's the long and the short of it!