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Sprout vs Excrescence - What's the difference?

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Sprout is a related term of excrescence.


As nouns the difference between sprout and excrescence

is that sprout is a new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts while excrescence is something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.

As a verb sprout

is .

sprout

English

(wikipedia sprout) (Sprouting)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
  • A child.
  • A Brussels sprout.
  • An edible germinated seed.

    • Verb

    Related terms

    * brussel sprout

    Anagrams

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    excrescence

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
  • A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct
  • (phonetics) epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [?w?rmp?] (adding a [p] between [m] and [?]), or .

    • Antonyms

    * (phonetic) anaptyxis

    Related terms

    * excrescency * excrescent

    Hypernyms

    * (phonetic) epenthesis

    Hyponyms

    * (phonetic) linking consonant

    See also

    * (phonetic) intervocalic

    References