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Bud vs Mate - What's the difference?

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Mate is a synonym of bud.



As nouns the difference between bud and mate

is that bud is a newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded while mate is a fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.

As verbs the difference between bud and mate

is that bud is to form buds while mate is to match, fit together without space between.

As a proper noun Bud

is a male nickname.

bud

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) budde 'bud, seedpod', from (etyl) .

Noun

(wikipedia bud) (en noun)
  • A newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded.
    • After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds .
  • (usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the bud ), or marijuana generally.
    • Hey bro, want to smoke some bud ?
  • A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
    • In this slide, you can see a yeast cell forming buds .
  • A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
    • Synonyms
    * (marijuana) nug; see also
    Derived terms
    * redbud * taste bud * bud of promise

    Verb

    (budd)
  • To form buds.
    • The trees are finally starting to bud .
  • To reproduce by splitting off buds.
    • Yeast reproduces by budding .
  • 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.
    • a budding virgin
    (Shakespeare)

    Etymology 2

    From (buddy).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) Buddy, friend.
    • I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night.
  • (informal) (used to address a male)
    • Synonyms
    * See also

    Anagrams

    * * English terms of address ----

    mate

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) ). More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
  • (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
  • (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) A friend, usually of the same sex.
    • I'm going to the pub with a few mates .
    He's my best mate .
  • (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) a colloquial "sir"; an informal and friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male
    • Excuse me, mate , have you got the time?
  • (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. (w, Boatswain's Mate), (w, Gunner's Mate), Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
  • (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
  • (nautical) A first mate.
  • A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate'', ''plumber's mate ); sometimes an apprentice.
  • The other member of a matched pair of objects.
    • ''I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate .
  • A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
  • * Milton
    • Ye knew me once no mate / For you; there sitting where you durst not soar.
    Synonyms
    (checksyns) * fellow * friend * buddy * sir * partner * See also
    Derived terms
    (Derived terms) * bedmate * bunkmate * cellmate * classmate * crewmate * flatmate * floormate * housemate * mateship * office mate * roommate * shipmate * teammate * tourmate * workmate

    Verb

  • To match, fit together without space between.
    • The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.
  • To copulate.
  • To pair in order to raise offspring
  • To arrange in matched pairs.
  • To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
  • To marry; to match (a person).
  • * Shakespeare
    • If she be mated with an equal husband.
  • To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I, / Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be.
  • To fit (objects) together without space between.
  • (aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
    • Synonyms
    (checksyns) * couple * match * pair
    Antonyms
    * (aerospace) demate
    Derived terms
    * mating

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) verb maten, (etyl) mater, from (etyl) noun .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chess) Short for checkmate.

    • Verb

  • To win a game of chess by putting the opponent in checkmate
  • To confuse; to confound.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Etymology 3

    See

    Noun

    (en noun)
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  • The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea

    • Anagrams

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