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Budded vs Buddied - What's the difference?

budded | buddied |

As verbs the difference between budded and buddied

is that budded is (bud) while buddied is (buddy).

budded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bud)

    • 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 ----

    buddied

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (buddy)

    • buddy

    English

    Noun

    (buddies)
  • A friend or casual acquaintance.
    • They have been buddies since they were in school.
  • A partner for a particular activity.
    • drinking buddies
  • An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not know.
    • Hey, buddy , I think you dropped this.

    Synonyms

    * (friend or acquaintance): mate * (address to a stranger): mate * See also

    Derived terms

    * buddy store * buddy system * buddy up * Buddyroll * fuck buddy

    Verb

  • To assign a buddy, or partner.
  • * {{quote-book, 2007, Philip Briggs & Danny Edmunds, Mozambique: The Bradt Travel Guide citation
    • , passage=If you are being formally buddied , have a good chat with your buddy and find out their interests -- these should more or less match your own.}} English terms of address