Bud vs Fledge - What's the difference?
bud | fledge |
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)
To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
To decorate with feathers.
(archaic) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
* Milton
As a proper noun bud
is a male nickname or bud can be (informal) a nickname for the beer.As a verb fledge is
to care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.As an adjective fledge is
(archaic) feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.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
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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 ----fledge
English
Verb
(fledg)Adjective
(-)- his shoulders, fledge with wings