Bud vs Baby - What's the difference?
bud | baby |
A newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded.
(usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the bud ), or marijuana generally.
A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
To form buds.
To reproduce by splitting off buds.
To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.
(informal) Buddy, friend.
(informal) (used to address a male)
A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies]] for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See [[:Category:Baby animals for more.
Unborn young; a fetus.
A person who is immature or infantile.
A term of endearment for a girlfriend or boyfriend or spouse.
(informal) A form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive.
A pet project or responsibility.
The lastborn of a family.
(archaic) A small image of an infant; a doll.
Of a child: very young; of the age when he or she would be termed a baby or infant.
Of an animal: young.
Intended for babies.
Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn'', ''baby potatoes ).
To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.
As a proper noun bud
is a male nickname or bud can be (informal) a nickname for the beer.As a noun baby is
baby (infant).bud
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) budde 'bud, seedpod', from (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia bud) (en noun)- After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds .
- Hey bro, want to smoke some bud ?
- In this slide, you can see a yeast cell forming buds .
Synonyms
* (marijuana) nug; see alsoDerived terms
* redbud * taste bud * bud of promiseVerb
(budd)- The trees are finally starting to bud .
- Yeast reproduces by budding .
- a budding virgin
- (Shakespeare)
Etymology 2
From (buddy).Noun
(en noun)- I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night.
Synonyms
* See alsoAnagrams
* * English terms of address ----baby
English
Noun
(babies)- When is your baby due?
- Stand up for yourself - don't be such a baby !
- Hey baby , what are you doing later?
- The annual report has been my baby since September.
- See my new car here? I can't wait to take this baby for a drive.
Synonyms
* (young human being) babe, babby, babbie, infant * (immature or infantile person) big baby * (term of endearment) loveSee also
* gamete, zygote, morula, blastocyst, embryo, fetusAdjective
(-) (used only before the noun)- a baby boy
- a baby elephant
- baby clothes