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Spore vs Spoor - What's the difference?

spore | spoor |

As nouns the difference between spore and spoor

is that spore is spore while spoor is the track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal.

As a verb spoor is

to track an animal by following its spoor.

spore

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia spore)
  • A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
  • A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

    • Related terms

    * aplanospore * ascospore * basidiospore * heterosporous * homosporous * meiospore * sporangium * sporogenesis * sporophyte * zoospore * zygospore

    See also

    * bulb * gemma * pollen * propagule * seed

    Verb

    (spor)
  • To produce spores.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    spoor

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal
  • * 1971 , William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead , page 10
    • Now he has picked up the spoor of drunken vomit and there is the doll sprawled against a wall, his pants streaked with urine.
  • *1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
  • *:Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To track an animal by following its spoor

    • Anagrams

    * * ----