Inoculate vs Seed - What's the difference?
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(immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body, as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
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(by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
To add one substance to another; to spike.
To graft by inserting buds.
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(figurative) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue.
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(senseid)(countable) A fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant.
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, title= (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 competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
# Initialization state of a . (seed number)
# Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
Offspring, descendants, progeny.
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Race; generation; birth.
* Waller
To plant or sow an area with seeds.
To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
* Ben Jonson
To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
(sports, games) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
To be able to compete (especially in a quarter-final/semi-final/final).
To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
As verbs the difference between inoculate and seed
is that inoculate is (immunology) to introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body, as to produce immunity to a specific disease while seed is to plant or sow an area with seeds.As a noun seed is
(senseid)(countable) a fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant.inoculate
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Alternative forms
* innoculateVerb
- The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.
- to inoculate the bud of one tree or plant into another
- to inoculate a tree
- to inoculate someone with treason or infidelity
See also
* immunize / immunise * vaccinateExternal links
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Noun
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- The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament.
- The rookie was a surprising top seed .
- If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers.
- The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.
- the seed of Abraham
- 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
- 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 seedVerb
(en verb)- I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.
- a sable mantle seeded with waking eyes
- 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.
- The tennis player seeded into the quarters.