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Protuberant vs Protruded - What's the difference?

protuberant | protruded |

As an adjective protuberant

is swelling or bulging outward.

As a verb protruded is

past tense of protrude.

protuberant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Swelling]] or [[bulge, bulging outward.

    • Related terms

    * protuberance * protuberantly

    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