The difference between Bubble and Fizz

When used as nouns, bubble means a spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid, whereas fizz means an emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.

When used as verbs, bubble means to produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling), whereas fizz means to emit bubbles.

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  1. Bubble as a noun:

    A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.

  2. Bubble as a noun:

    A small spherical cavity in a solid material.

    Examples:

    "bubbles in window glass, or in a lens"

  3. Bubble as a noun:

    Anything resembling a hollow sphere.

  4. Bubble as a noun (economics):

    A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts (eg the South Sea Bubble).

  5. Bubble as a noun (obsolete):

    Someone who has been ‘bubbled' or fooled; a dupe.

  6. Bubble as a noun (figurative):

    The emotional and/or physical atmosphere in which the subject is immersed; circumstances, ambience.

  7. Bubble as a noun (Cockney rhyming slang):

    a Greek (also: bubble and squeak)

  8. Bubble as a noun:

    A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.

  9. Bubble as a noun:

    The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.

  10. Bubble as a noun:

    Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.

  11. Bubble as a noun (Cockney rhyming slang):

    A laugh (also: bubble bath).

    Examples:

    "Are you having a bubble?!"

  12. Bubble as a noun (computing):

    Any of the small magnetized areas that make up bubble memory.

  13. Bubble as a noun (poker):

    The point in a poker tournament when the last player without a prize loses all their chips and leaves the game, leaving only players that are going to win prizes. (e.g., if the last remaining 9 players win prizes, then the point when the 10th player leaves the tournament)

    Examples:

    "Many players tend to play timidly (not play many hands) around the bubble, to keep their chips and last longer in the game."

  1. Bubble as a verb (intransitive):

    To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).

  2. Bubble as a verb (intransitive, figurative):

    To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.

    Examples:

    "Rage bubbled inside him."

  3. Bubble as a verb (intransitive, figurative):

    To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.

  4. Bubble as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To cheat, delude.

  5. Bubble as a verb (intransitive, Scotland, and, Northern England):

    To cry, weep.

  1. Fizz as a noun:

    An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.

    Examples:

    "I poured a cola and waited for the fizz to settle down before topping off the glass."

  2. Fizz as a noun:

    The sound of such an emission.

    Examples:

    "Evan sat back in the hot tub and listened to the relaxing fizz and pops produced by the eruption of bubbles. "

  3. Fizz as a noun:

    A carbonated beverage, especially champagne.

    Examples:

    "Nathan ordered an orange fizz from the soda jerk at the counter."

  1. Fizz as a verb (intransitive):

    To emit bubbles.

  2. Fizz as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a rapid hissing or bubbling sound.

    Examples:

    "the fizzing fuse of a bomb"

  3. Fizz as a verb (intransitive):

    To shoot or project something moving at great velocity.

  4. Fizz as a verb:

    To travel at a great velocity, producing a sound caused by the speed.

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