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Flourished vs Blossomed - What's the difference?

flourished | blossomed |

As verbs the difference between flourished and blossomed

is that flourished is past tense of flourish while blossomed is past tense of blossom.

flourished

English

Verb

(head)
  • (flourish)

    • flourish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To thrive or grow well.
  • *
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  • To prosper or fare well.
  • * Nelson
    • Bad men as frequently prosper and flourish , and that by the means of their wickedness.
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  • To be in a period of greatest influence.
  • To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Bottoms of thread which with a good needle, perhaps may be flourished into large works.
  • To make bold, sweeping movements with.
  • To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Impetuous spread the stream, and smoking flourished o'er his head.
  • To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
  • * J. Watts
    • They dilate and flourish long on little incidents.
  • To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
  • To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
    • (Fenton)
    (Shakespeare)
  • To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Why do the emperor's trumpets flourish thus?
  • (obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
    • (Alexander Pope)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (es)
  • A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
    • With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.
  • An ornamentation.
    • His signature ended with a flourish .
  • (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
    • The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church.
  • (architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.

    • References

    * English intransitive verbs English transitive verbs

    blossomed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (blossom)

    • blossom

    English

    Alternative forms

    * blasom (Jamaican English)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flower, especially indicative of fruit as seen on a fruit tree etc.; taken collectively as the mass of such flowers.
    • The blossom has come early this year.
  • The state or season of producing such flowers.
    • The orchard is in blossom .
  • (figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
  • * Massinger
    • in the blossom of my youth
  • The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.

    • Derived terms

    * apple blossom * blossomed * blossom-end rot * blossom-faced * blossom-headed * blossoming * blossomless * blossom-nosed * blossom-rock * blossomry * blossomy * cherry blossom * emblossom, imblossom * grog-blossom * may-blossom * in blossom * may-blossom * orange blossom * out-blossom * out-blossoming * peach blossom * pease-blossom * plum blossom * rum-blossom * reblossom * snow-blossom

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To have or open into blossoms; to bloom.
  • To begin to thrive or flourish.

    • Synonyms

    * (have or open into blossoms ): bloom, come into bloom, come into blossom, flower * (begin to thrive or flourish ): bloom, flourish, grow, prosper, thrive