Zest vs Zing - What's the difference?
zest | zing |
The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
(by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
* Young
* Gogan
The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
* 2006 , N. J. Nusha, On the edge: short stories (page 85)
(cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit
To make more zesty
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A short high-pitched humming sound, eg that made by a bullet or vibrating string.
* {{quote-book
, date = 1998-03-15
, author = Edward E. Leslie
, title = Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls
, publisher = Mariner Books
, isbn = 9780395911501
, ol = 7468582M
, page = 387
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=X0_S5AtHuY0C&pg=PA387&dq=zing
, passage = I heard a zing close to my head and looked up again. Five or six men were lined up on the deck above me with rifles shooting at the shark.
}}
Zest or vitality.
* {{quote-news
, date = 2006-05-25
, author = Melinda Houston
, newspaper =
, title = European Bier Cafe - Bar Reviews
, url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/bar-reviews/european-bier-cafe/2006/05/25/1148519757307.html
, passage = To accompany a meal, the fresh Italian lager Poretti is perfect; Erdinger Weisbier, a wheat beer from Germany, is full of zing ;
}}
To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.
* {{quote-book
, year = 2000
, author = Nick Nelson
, title = The Golden Vortex
, publisher = Conscious Publishing
, isbn = 9781929096015
, ol = 8949607W
, page = 89
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=xAOfLVoyCLIC&pg=PA89&dq=zinging
, passage = We are all a second or two older than an astronaut who has been zinging around the Earth at 18000 miles per hour, because of his or her greater speed and the lack of gravity.
}}
(onomatopoeia) A high pitched humming sound.
* {{quote-song
, year = 1934
, composer =
, title =
, passage = Something inside of me started a symphony / Zing ! Went the strings of my heart
}}
(US, slang) Used to acknowledge a witty comeback, a zinger .
* {{quote-book
, year = 2002
, author = Chellie Campbell
, title = The Wealthy Spirit
, publisher = Sourcebooks
, isbn = 9781570717772
, ol = 8698152M
, page = 162
, pageurl = http://google.com/books?id=mU-DgUcd-5AC&pg=PA162&dq=zing
, passage = Zing! The joke had rebounded back on the one who started it. "Ouch!" Mama Jane winced ruefully. We all dissolved in laughter at the good-natured repartee.
}}
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As nouns the difference between zest and zing
is that zest is gesture while zing is a short high-pitched humming sound, eg that made by a bullet or vibrating string.As a verb zing is
to move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.As an interjection zing is
(onomatopoeia) a high pitched humming sound.zest
English
Noun
(wikipedia zest)- The orange zest gives the strong flavors in this dish.
- Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.
- Almighty Vanity! to thee they owe / Their zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe.
- Liberality of disposition and conduct gives the highest zest and relish to social intercourse.
- The green zest of walnuts was used by the women to shine their teeth and it also gave a beautiful rust colour to their lips.