The difference between Fizz and Sputter
When used as nouns, fizz means an emission of a rapid stream of bubbles, whereas sputter means moist matter thrown out in small detached particles.
When used as verbs, fizz means to emit bubbles, whereas sputter means to spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fizz and Sputter
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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."
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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. "
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Fizz as a noun:
A carbonated beverage, especially champagne.
Examples:
"Nathan ordered an orange fizz from the soda jerk at the counter."
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Fizz as a verb (intransitive):
To emit bubbles.
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Fizz as a verb (intransitive):
To make a rapid hissing or bubbling sound.
Examples:
"the fizzing fuse of a bomb"
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Fizz as a verb (intransitive):
To shoot or project something moving at great velocity.
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Fizz as a verb:
To travel at a great velocity, producing a sound caused by the speed.
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Sputter as a noun:
Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles.
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Sputter as a noun:
Confused and hasty speech.
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Sputter as a verb (intransitive):
To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
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Sputter as a verb (ambitransitive):
To utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
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Sputter as a verb (ambitransitive):
To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
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Sputter as a verb (physics, intransitive):
To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions
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Sputter as a verb (physics, transitive):
To coat the surface of an object by sputtering