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Spumescent vs Spumescence - What's the difference?

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Spumescence is a related term of spumescent.

Spumescence is a derived term of spumescent.



As an adjective spumescent

is resembling froth or foam; foaming.

As a noun spumescence is

the state or characteristic of being foamy or frothy.

spumescent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (rare) Resembling froth or foam; foaming.
  • * 1957 , , The Strangers Were There: Selected Stories , Macmillan, p. 79:
    • The snowfall had changed again, the flakes larger now and less insistent; they had a buoyant and spumescent quality.
  • * 1993 , Hjalmar Thesen, The Way Back: A Novel , ISBN 9780864862549, p. 146:
    • His eyes burned black with the intensity of their gaze over the hidden ravine below; over the thin, white waterfall, spumescent , blown into mist.
  • * 2008 , , The Reality Dysfunction , ISBN 9780316021807, online edition:
    • Then she screamed as a jet of spumescent gore slopped across the front of the paralysed fabric.

    Related terms

    * spumescence

    spumescence

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) The state or characteristic of being foamy or frothy.

    • Derived terms

    * spumescent (Webster 1913)