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Burgeon vs Geminate - What's the difference?

burgeon | geminate |

As verbs the difference between burgeon and geminate

is that burgeon is to grow or expand while geminate is to arrange in pairs.

As a noun burgeon

is (obsolete) bud, sprout, shoot.

As an adjective geminate is

forming a pair.

burgeon

English

Etymology

From (etyl) burjon, . Alternate etymology derives (etyl) (presumably from the down covering certain buds).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) bud, sprout, shoot

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grow or expand.
    • Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.
  • To swell to the point of bursting.
  • (archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.
    • Synonyms
    * (grow or expand) blossom, expand, grow, sprout * blossom, bud, green, sprout

    geminate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Forming a pair.
  • * 2008 , Sara Finley, Review of “The Representation and Processing of Compound Words”
    • For example, Martin (2007) notes that compounds in several languages (including English and Turkish) violate the general phonological principles in the language (e.g., English only allows geminate consonants in compounds).

    Verb

    (geminat)
  • To arrange in pairs.
  • To occur in pairs.

    • Derived terms

    * gemination

    Related terms

    * Gemini