Erupt vs Sprout - What's the difference?
erupt | sprout |
To violently eject.
(figuratively) To spontaneously release pressure or tension.
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* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Michael Riordan
, title=Tackling Infinity
, volume=100, issue=1, page=86
, magazine=
A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
A child.
A Brussels sprout.
An edible germinated seed.
As verbs the difference between erupt and sprout
is that erupt is to violently eject while sprout is .As a noun sprout is
a new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.erupt
English
Verb
(en verb)- The volcano erupted , spewing lava across a wide area.
- The crowd erupted in anger.
- And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside.
citation, passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}