Spur vs Thrust - What's the difference?
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A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
* 1598 , William Shakespeare, (Henry V) , Act IV, Scene VI, line 4:
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 22:
Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does to a horse.
* 1601 , (William Shakespeare), (Troilus and Cressida) , Act II, Scene II, line 198.
An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
Roots, tree roots.
* 1609 , , Act IV, Scene II, line 57:
* 1610 , , act 5 scene 1
A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
(carpentry) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
(architecture) The short wooden buttress of a post.
(architecture) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
Ergotized rye or other grain.
A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
(shipbuilding) A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
(shipbuilding) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
To prod (especially a horse) in the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
* 1592 , William Shakespeare, Richard III , Act V, Scene III, line 339:
To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive.
* 1599 , William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night , Act III, Scene IV, line 4.
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To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
(fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
(figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
(lb) To make advance with .
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(lb) To something upon someone.
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(lb) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
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*:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
(lb) To push or drive with force; to shove.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Into a dungeon thrust , to work with slaves.
(lb) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:And thrust between my father and the god.
To stab; to pierce; usually with through .
As nouns the difference between spur and thrust
is that spur is a rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight while thrust is an attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.As verbs the difference between spur and thrust
is that spur is to prod (especially a horse) in the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig while thrust is to make advance with force.spur
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m).Noun
(en noun)- Lives he, good uncle? thrice within this hour I saw him down; thrice up again, and fighting; From helmet to the spur all blood he was.
- Two sorts of spurs seem to have been in use about the time of the Conquest, one called a pryck, having only a single point like the gaffle of a fighting cock; the other consisting of a number of points of considerable length, radiating from and revolving on a center, thence named the rouelle or wheel spur.
- But, worthy Hector, She is a theme of honour and renown, A spur to valiant and magnanimous deeds...
- I do note / That grief and patience, rooted in them both, / Mingle their spurs together.
- [...] the strong-bas'd promontory
- Have I made shake; and by the spurs pluck'd up
- The pine and cedar
Derived terms
* spur-of-the-momentVerb
(spurr)- Draw, archers, draw your arrows to the head! Spur your proud horses hard, and ride in blood; Amaze the welkin with your broken staves!
- My desire / (More sharp than filed steel) did spur me forth...
Derived terms
* spur onEtymology 2
See sparrow.Etymology 3
Short for spurious.Noun
(en noun)thrust
English
Noun
(en noun)- Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.
- The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"
- Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.
- Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education.