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Germinate vs Germinant - What's the difference?

germinate | germinant |

As a verb germinate

is to sprout or produce buds.

As an adjective germinant is

that germinates.

As a noun germinant is

a germinating plant.

germinate

English

Verb

  • To sprout or produce buds.
    • (Francis Bacon)
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  • To cause to grow.
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    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.}}

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    germinant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That germinates

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A germinating plant
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