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Protruded vs Intruded - What's the difference?

protruded | intruded |

As verbs the difference between protruded and intruded

is that protruded is past tense of protrude while intruded is past tense of intrude.

As an adjective intruded is

intrusive.

protruded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (protrude)

    • protrude

    English

    Verb

    (protrud)
  • To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
  • *
    • 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

    intruded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (intrude)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (geology) Intrusive.

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