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Blossom vs Emerge - What's the difference?

blossom | emerge |

As a proper noun blossom

is a hamlet in new york.

As a verb emerge is

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blossom

English

Alternative forms

* blasom (Jamaican English)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flower, especially indicative of fruit as seen on a fruit tree etc.; taken collectively as the mass of such flowers.
  • The blossom has come early this year.
  • The state or season of producing such flowers.
  • The orchard is in blossom .
  • (figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
  • * Massinger
  • in the blossom of my youth
  • The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
  • Derived terms

    * apple blossom * blossomed * blossom-end rot * blossom-faced * blossom-headed * blossoming * blossomless * blossom-nosed * blossom-rock * blossomry * blossomy * cherry blossom * emblossom, imblossom * grog-blossom * may-blossom * in blossom * may-blossom * orange blossom * out-blossom * out-blossoming * peach blossom * pease-blossom * plum blossom * rum-blossom * reblossom * snow-blossom

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To have or open into blossoms; to bloom.
  • To begin to thrive or flourish.
  • Synonyms

    * (have or open into blossoms ): bloom, come into bloom, come into blossom, flower * (begin to thrive or flourish ): bloom, flourish, grow, prosper, thrive

    emerge

    English

    Verb

    (emerg)
  • (label) To come into view.
  • * , chapter=12
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=17 citation , passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=(Edwin Black)
  • , chapter=2, title= Internal Combustion , passage=Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 10, author=Jeremy Wilson, work=Telegraph
  • , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.}}
  • To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author=Anna Lena Phillips, volume=100, issue=2, page=172, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Sneaky Silk Moths , passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}
  • (label) To become known.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}

    Synonyms

    * come forth, forthcome * heave in sight