Spearheaded vs Originated - What's the difference?
spearheaded | originated |
(spearhead)
The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign).
The leading military unit in an attack.
(lb) A player who initiates attacking moves.
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 2, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
, title= To drive or campaign ardently for, as an effort, project, etc.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 21
, author=Jonathan Jurejko
, title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke
, work=BBC Sport
(originate)
To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.
*1998 , James Hebert, "Banderas puts his mark on 'Zorro'", San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Jul 1998:
*:For the first time since Douglas Fairbanks Sr. originated the role in the 1920 silent "The Mark of Zorro," the hero will be played by a Hispanic actor.
*2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 171:
*:The financial backers who originated the Encyclopédie project in 1745 had no idea about what they were getting into.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Michael Riordan
, title=Tackling Infinity
, volume=100, issue=1, page=86
, magazine=
To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to , be derived ((from), (with)).
As verbs the difference between spearheaded and originated
is that spearheaded is (spearhead) while originated is (originate).spearheaded
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(head)spearhead
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(wikipedia spearhead)Noun
(en noun)Bulgaria 0-3 England, passage=England played at a tempo in attack that was too much for Bulgaria, with width provided at various times by Walcott, Young and Stewart Downing and Rooney acting as the potent spearhead .}}
Verb
(en verb)- He spearheaded the entire project from day one.
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originated
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(head)originate
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Verb
(originat)citation, passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
- The scheme originated with the governor and council.