As verbs the difference between uplift and protrude
is that
uplift is to raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level while
protrude is to extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
As a noun uplift
is the act or result of being uplifted.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
uplift English
Verb
( en verb)
To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
Noun
( en noun)
The act or result of being uplifted.
(geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
(colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.
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protrude English
Verb
( protrud)
To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
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- 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 .
To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
- (John Locke)
To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
* Thomson
- When Spring protrudes the bursting gems.
Derived terms
* protrudable
* protrudent
* protrusible
* protrusion
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