Burgeon vs Bourgeon - What's the difference?
burgeon | bourgeon |
To grow or expand.
To swell to the point of bursting.
(archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.
(obsolete) To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.
* Sir Walter Scott
In obsolete terms the difference between burgeon and bourgeon
is that burgeon is bud, sprout, shoot while bourgeon is to sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.As a noun burgeon
is bud, sprout, shoot.burgeon
English
Etymology
From (etyl) burjon, . Alternate etymology derives (etyl) (presumably from the down covering certain buds).Verb
(en verb)- Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.
Synonyms
* (grow or expand) blossom, expand, grow, sprout * blossom, bud, green, sproutbourgeon
English
Verb
(en verb)- Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow.