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Proliferate vs Burgeoning - What's the difference?

proliferate | burgeoning |

As verbs the difference between proliferate and burgeoning

is that proliferate is to increase in number or spread rapidly while burgeoning is .

As a noun burgeoning is

the act of budding or sprouting.

As an adjective burgeoning is

that buds, grows or expands; developing.

proliferate

English

Verb

(proliferat)
  • To increase in number or spread rapidly.
  • The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
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  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries.  By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}

    burgeoning

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of budding or sprouting
  • a bud or branch
  • (by extension) a new growth or expansion of something
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that buds, grows or expands; developing