Fizzle vs. Sizzle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fizzle and Sizzle
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Fizzle
To make a hissing or sputtering sound.
Sizzle
To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat.
Fizzle
(Informal) To fail or end weakly, especially after a hopeful beginning.
Sizzle
To seethe with anger or indignation.
Fizzle
A failure.
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Sizzle
To be very hot
A summer day that sizzled.
Fizzle
To sputter or hiss.
The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.
Sizzle
To be very popular, exciting, or interesting
A movie that sizzled at the box office.
Fizzle
To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
The entire project fizzled after the founder quit.
Sizzle
A hissing sound.
Fizzle
To fail to generate the expected yield when exploded during testing.
The shot fizzled, generating only 200 tons rather than the 30 kilotons they were aiming for.
Sizzle
The appeal of or the excitement generated by a product or service
An advertising campaign that captured the sizzle of the new technology.
Fizzle
A spluttering or hissing sound.
Sizzle
(intransitive) To make the sound of water boiling on a hot surface.
The sausages were sizzling on the barbecue.
Fizzle
(military) Failure of an exploding nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.
Sizzle
To cook (something) in a manner which causes that sound.
I sizzled the bacon for a few minutes in the pan.
Fizzle
An abortive effort; a flop or dud.
Sizzle
(intransitive) To be exciting or dazzling.
The song sizzled with energy.
Fizzle
A state of agitation or worry.
Sizzle
(countable) The sound of water boiling on a hot surface.
We heard the sizzle of the onions hitting the pan.
Fizzle
To make a hissing sound.
It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done,As plain as fizzling.
Sizzle
The process of being cooked which involves that sound.
Give them a sizzle for a few more minutes before serving.
Fizzle
To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking, especially after a good start; to achieve nothing.
A four-day rally in stocks fizzled yesterday amid renewed fears that strong economic growth may prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
Sizzle
(uncountable) Zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement.
Her performance had a lot of sizzle.
Fizzle
A failure or abortive effort; a fiasco.
Sizzle
To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound.
Fizzle
End weakly;
The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
Sizzle
A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire.
Sizzle
Make a sound like frying fat
Sizzle
Seethe with deep anger or resentment;
She was sizzling with anger
Sizzle
Burn or sear with a sizzling sound;
The fat sizzled in the pan
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