Protrude vs Prominent - What's the difference?
protrude | prominent |
To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
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To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
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Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
Eminent; distinguished above others.
As a verb protrude
is to extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.As an adjective prominent is
standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.protrude
English
Verb
(protrud)- Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes .
- (John Locke)
- When Spring protrudes the bursting gems.
