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Progress is a related term of mushroom.


In lang=en terms the difference between progress and mushroom

is that progress is to move (something) forward; to advance, to expedite while mushroom is to grow quickly to a large size.

As nouns the difference between progress and mushroom

is that progress is movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time while mushroom is any of the fleshy fruiting bodies]] of [[fungus|fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).

As verbs the difference between progress and mushroom

is that progress is to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance while mushroom is to grow quickly to a large size.

As an adjective mushroom is

having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.

progress

English

(wikipedia progress)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

  • Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
    • Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress .
  • Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Stephen Ledoux , title=Behaviorism at 100 , volume=100, issue=1, page=60 , magazine= citation , passage=Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.}}
    Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.
  • An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
  • * 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 124:
    • With the king about to go on progress , the trials and executions were deliberately timed.
  • * 1887 , (Thomas Hardy), The Woodlanders :
    • Now Tim began to be struck with these loitering progresses along the garden boundaries in the gloaming, and wondered what they boded.
  • Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
    • The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.
    Usage notes
    * To make progress'' is often used instead of the verb ''progress''. This allows complex modification of ''progress in ways that can not be well approximated by adverbs modifying the verb. See

    Etymology 2

    From the noun. Lapsed into disuse in the 17th century, except in the US. Considered an Americanism on reintroduction to use in the UK.

    Verb

    (es)
  • to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
    • They progress through the museum.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.}}
  • to improve; to become better or more complete.
    • Societies progress unevenly.
  • To move (something) forward; to advance, to expedite.
  • * 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 266:
    • Or […] they came to progress matters in which Dudley had taken a hand, and left defrauded or bound over to the king.
    Antonyms
    * congress * regress * retrogress

    Related terms

    * congress * ingress * egress * regress * grade * progressive * progressivism * progressivist * progression

    External links

    * * English heteronyms ----

    mushroom

    English

    (wikipedia mushroom) {{picdic , image=Flammulina velutipes 04.jpg , detail1= , detail2= }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies]] of [[fungus, fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
    • Some mushroom s are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul.
  • A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
  • champignon or Agaricus bisporus , the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
  • One of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
  • (obsolete, figurative) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.

    • Synonyms

    * (something appearing suddenly) shroom

    Derived terms

    * magic mushroom * mushroom anchor * mushroom cloud * mushroom coral * mushroom spawn * mushroomy * straw mushroom

    See also

    * cep, * champignon * chanterelle * cremini * fungus * morel * porcino * portabela, portabella, portabello, portobela, portobella, portobello, portobelo * shiitake * toadstool

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.
    • mushroom cloud

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grow quickly to a large size.
    • The town’s population mushroomed from 10,000 to 110,000 in five years.
  • To gather mushrooms .
  • (ballistics) (Of a bullet) To form the shape of a mushroom when a bullet impacts a soft target.