What's the difference between frothy and spumy?

Frothy


Definition:

  • (superl.) Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy.
  • (superl.) Not firm or solid; soft; unstable.
  • (superl.) Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a frothy speaker or harangue.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He said: "A frothy pint of ale and a Snickers from the fridge."
  • (2) Ian Gordon, banks analyst at Investec, said: "We currently see no relative or absolute support for RBS' 'frothy' valuation; a correction is due.
  • (3) A man aged 54 years presented multiple symptoms (acroparesthesia, familial deafness, cardiomyopathy, diarrhea, adenopathy with infiltration of frothy macrophages, pancytopenia with a dense marrow, chronic meningitis, renal failure) associated with intermittent fever, with feverish attacks and a temperature of 40 degrees C, and with a severe biologic febrile syndrome.
  • (4) June 26, 2014 9.05am BST Ilya Spivak, currency strategist at DailyFX, predicts the Bank of England will announce measures to cool the "frothy" UK property market this morning ( from 10.30am ) Here's why: The pace of housing price increases accelerated to a year-on-year pace of 11.1 percent in May according to data from the Nationwide Building Society, marking a seven-year high.
  • (5) Macroscopic lesions that were found in turkeys, but not in chickens, consisted of pallor of the intestinal tract and distension of the cecum with frothy or nonfrothy fluid contents.
  • (6) The first of April is normally a day of frothy fun, where newspapers and brands compete to produce the best jokes and the worst puns to fool their readers.
  • (7) A patient is described who showed typical features of alveolar cell carcinoma, including production of a huge amount of clear frothy lung liquid (as much as 4 liter per day), diffuse dissemination of nodular lesions throughout the lung, and tall columnar cell proliferation outlining the alveolar walls uniformly without architectural destruction in the terminal lung unit.
  • (8) The system had suffered many attacks over the years, from politicians talking of a "welfare trap", government means-testing, and frothy-mouthed journalists reporting isolated cases of benefit fraud.
  • (9) 2 In another bowl, whisk the egg, buttermilk and vanilla until frothy.
  • (10) This contained a lot of false and frothy promises to “initiate an inclusive process of national debate …” blah, blah, blah.
  • (11) Now, five years later, signs of frothiness, if not outright bubbles, are reappearing in housing markets in Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and, back for an encore, the UK (well, London).
  • (12) The patient developed clinical signs of pulmonary oedema very shortly after the end of the anaesthetic (tachypnoea, cyanosis, a decrease in oxygen saturation when FIO2 < 1, pink frothy secretions in the endotracheal tube).
  • (13) The new word was defined as "the frothy mixture of lube and faecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex".
  • (14) But most people don’t have the option of popping over to a local farm to purchase a frothy pint or two over the gate.
  • (15) Physical examination revealed no vaginal discharge in 18 (48.6%) of the women, 12 (22.4%) cases had frothy leukorrhea in women with trichomoniasis.
  • (16) During the fourth week, sudden worsening took place with attacks of dyspnea, cyanosis and frothy sputum.
  • (17) Even China’s bullish securities regulators admitted markets had become frothy before they turned down.
  • (18) Third, bubbles are a sure sign of economic fragility, and the housing market, particularly in London, is well into frothy territory.
  • (19) I’ve thought about writing novels in the past, and I’ve always been blocked by the fact that I’m not particularly deep or wise or anything else – and what really helped to unblock it was [the idea that] you can write a light, frothy entertainment that’s got a certain tone, and if you hold the tone all the way through, you’ve got a book.” On tape, later, Marr’s own tone – authoritative, quick, clear, offering just enough to obscure what he doesn’t want to give away – is the same as always, but it is striking how different he seems in person from the familiar figure on the TV news, gesticulating enthusiastically in front of the palace of Westminster, riding waves of complex and entertaining metaphors.
  • (20) Such frothy excess hasn't been seen since the peak of the late 1980s boom," said Gosling.

Spumy


Definition:

  • (a.) Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy.

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