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Seed vs Engine - What's the difference?

seed | engine |

As nouns the difference between seed and engine

is that seed is (senseid)(countable) a fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant while engine is (obsolete) ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.

As verbs the difference between seed and engine

is that seed is to plant or sow an area with seeds while engine is (obsolete) to assault with an engine.

seed

English

Noun

(wikipedia seed)
  • (senseid)(countable) A fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant.
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    • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
  • (countable, botany) A fertilized ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
  • (uncountable) An amount of fertilized grain that cannot be readily counted.
  • (uncountable) Semen.
  • (countable) A precursor.
  • (countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
  • # The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
  • The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament.
  • # The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
  • The rookie was a surprising top seed .
  • # Initialization state of a . (seed number)
  • If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers.
  • # Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
  • The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.
  • Offspring, descendants, progeny.
    • the seed of Abraham
  • * 1590 , , II.x:
    • Next him king Leyr in happie peace long raind, / But had no issue male him to succeed, / But three faire daughters, which were well vptraind, / In all that seemed fit for kingly seed
  • Race; generation; birth.
  • * Waller
    • Of mortal seed they were not held.

    Usage notes

    The common use of seed differs from the botanical use. The “seeds” of sunflowers are botanically fruits.

    Derived terms

    * crack seed * go to seed * seedcake * seedling * seed potato * seedy * spill one's seed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To plant or sow an area with seeds.
    • I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.
  • To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • a sable mantle seeded with waking eyes
  • To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
    • A venture capitalist seeds young companies.
    The tournament coordinator will seed the starting lineup with the best competitors from the qualifying round.
    The programmer seeded fresh, uncorrupted data into the database before running unit tests.
  • (sports, games) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
  • To be able to compete (especially in a quarter-final/semi-final/final).
    • The tennis player seeded into the quarters.
  • To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

    • Anagrams

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    engine

    English

    (wikipedia engine) (Engines)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
  • (obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , II.i:
    • Therefore this craftie engine he did frame, / Against his praise to stirre vp enmitye [...].
  • (obsolete) Natural talent; genius.
  • Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
  • * Bunyan
    • You see the ways the fisherman doth take / To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?
  • * Shakespeare
    • Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust.
  • A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
  • * 1714 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :
    • Flattery must be the most powerful Argument that cou'd be used to Human Creatures. Making use of this bewitching Engine , they extoll'd the Excellency of our Nature above other Animals [...].
  • A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
  • A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
  • The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
  • A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.
  • (computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
    • a graphics engine'''; a physics '''engine

    Synonyms

    * motor

    Derived terms

    * aero engine * aircraft engine * diesel engine * engine driver * engine trouble * engineer * fire engine * four-stroke engine * jet engine * marine engine * search engine * steam engine * tank engine * two-stroke engine

    Related terms

    * genius * ingenious * ingeniosity

    Verb

    (engin)
  • (obsolete) To assault with an engine.
  • * (rfdate) T. Adams.
    • To engine and batter our walls.
  • (dated) To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
    • Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
  • (obsolete) To rack; to torture.
    • (Chaucer)

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    * * English refractory feminine rhymes