Froth vs. Scum
Difference Between Froth and Scum
Froth➦
A mass of bubbles in or on a liquid; foam.
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Scum➦
A filmy or frothy layer of matter that forms on the surface of a liquid or body of water or on a hard surface.
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Froth➦
Salivary foam released as a result of disease or exhaustion.
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Scum➦
The refuse or dross of molten metals.
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Froth➦
Something unsubstantial or trivial
"The frivolous side of the Sixties—fashion, pop culture, sex—should not be dismissed as mere froth and show" (Tony Judt).
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Scum➦
Refuse or worthless matter.
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Froth➦
High prices unwarranted by economic fundamentals
a housing market with a lot of froth.
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Scum➦
(Slang) One, such as a person or an element of society, that is regarded as despicable or worthless.
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Froth➦
A fit of anger or vexation
was in a froth over the long delay.
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Scum➦
To remove the scum from.
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Froth➦
To cover with foam.
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Scum➦
To become covered with scum.
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Froth➦
To cause to foam.
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Scum➦
(uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
During smelting, scum rises to the surface and is then removed by the smelter.
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Froth➦
To exude or expel foam
a dog frothing at the mouth.
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Scum➦
(uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
These organisms form scum in large quantities.
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Froth➦
foam
Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.
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Scum➦
The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
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Froth➦
(figuratively) unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel
Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth?
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Scum➦
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Froth➦
The idle rich;
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Scum➦
A reprehensible person or persons.
People who sell used-up pens are scum, just total low-lives.
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Froth➦
(business) Highly speculative investment.
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Scum➦
To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
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Froth➦
(transitive) To create froth in (a liquid).
I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly.
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Scum➦
To remove (something) as scum.
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Froth➦
(intransitive) (of a liquid) To bubble.
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Scum➦
To become covered with scum.
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Froth➦
(transitive) To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
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Scum➦
(obsolete) To scour (the land, sea, etc.).
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Froth➦
(intransitive) (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.
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Scum➦
(obsolete) To gather together, as scum.
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Froth➦
(transitive) To cover with froth.
A horse froths his chain.
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Scum➦
To startscum or savescum.
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Froth➦
The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.
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Scum➦
The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.
Some to remove the scum as it did rise.
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Froth➦
Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought.
It was a long speech, but all froth.
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Scum➦
refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
The great and innocent are insulted by the scum and refuse of the people.
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Froth➦
Light, unsubstantial matter.
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Scum➦
To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
You that scum the molten lead.
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Froth➦
To cause to foam.
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Scum➦
To sweep or range over the surface of.
Wandering up and down without certain seat, they lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates.
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Froth➦
To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
He . . . froths treason at his mouth.
Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?
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Scum➦
To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.
Life, and the interest of life, have stagnated and scummed over.
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Froth➦
To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.
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Scum➦
worthless people
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Froth➦
To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.
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Scum➦
a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
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Froth➦
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
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Froth➦
form bubbles;
The boiling soup was frothing
The river was foaming
Sparkling water
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Froth➦
make froth or foam and become bubbly;
The river foamed
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