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768. Foment vs Ferment - Differences - English Vocabulary - Foment / Ferment / In Ferment

by 정이로운 잉여생활 2023. 2. 18.
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Ferment : 발효되다, 발효시키다, (정치/사회적)동요, 소요, 격동

Fermentation : 발효 (작용), 소란, 격동

 

Foment : (좋은것/나쁜것/문제/폭력을) 조성하다, 조장하다, 유발하다

Fomentation : (불화·반란 등의) 조장, 유발

 


1)
to ferment, if you wnat to make alcohol, you put something that has sugars in it and you put yeast in it and it ferments
it undergoes fermentation, it goes through a chemical change because of yeast or a bacteria
this turns it into sugars or alcohol
Sauerkraut and Kimchi, these are both fermented cabbage
fermented anchovies
it's a chemical change where something ferments
it's changes particularly with sugar to alcohol
to ferment fruit
wine is just fermented graped

 

 

2)
ferment, we can also use to mean, agitation, excitement
the whole city was in ferment, there was agitation, excitement and unrest
this idea had been fermenting in my mind for many weeks
when we use it ferment, more metaphorically, it talking about turbulence, excitement, agitation

notice, one of the problems with this, I can hear somebody saying he was  fermenting trouble, but you probably can use this as a verb but you'd be much better to use 'foment'
a speech that fermented the crowed, it coud be, but excited them or agitated them or fomented them would be better to use

 

 

3)
to foment, to help to develop
to cause to develop, it can be soemthing good or it cann be something bad
in young children, it is best to try to foment good habits
to foment trouble
to foment habit
you could foment unrest in a country
there were rabble rousers fomenting trouble that somebody who is causing difficulties
to cause something to develop
one of the obligations of a good employer is to foment our knowledge and skills among their workers
it's a teacher's job to foment a love of learning among their students
to foment, to promote something
I try to foment the idea that student think in English rather tahn try and translate 
to bring on
to encourage
to instigate bad things
to foment unrest
to foment a riot
to raise 
to stir up

 

 



Formality : 5 for to ferment 
Formality : 6.5 for the crowd was in ferment
Formality : 6 - 6.5 for foment, fomentation

 

 

 

 

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