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Spored vs Spired - What's the difference?

spored | spired |

As a verb spored

is (spore).

As an adjective spired is

having a spire.

spored

English

Verb

(head)
  • (spore)

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    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.

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    spired

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • having a spire
  • *{{quote-book, year=1894, author=John Muir, title=The Mountains of California, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Perhaps some one of the multitude excites special attention, some gigantic castle with turret and battlement, or some Gothic cathedral more abundantly spired than Milan's. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=Edwin Bjorkman, title=The Soul of a Child, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=This was true not only of the trip on the steamer, the arrival at Enkoeping with its little old-fashioned red houses, the meeting with Mr. Swanson, the drive of thirty miles or more inland, the arrival at the sexton's house not far from a white spired church, and the introduction to a seemingly endless number of new faces, but of the whole long summer. }}

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