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Sprout vs Proliferate - What's the difference?

sprout | proliferate |

As verbs the difference between sprout and proliferate

is that sprout is while proliferate is to increase in number or spread rapidly.

As a noun sprout

is a new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

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

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    proliferate

    English

    Verb

    (proliferat)
  • To increase in number or spread rapidly.
  • The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
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  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries.  By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}