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Spurred vs Spiring - What's the difference?

spurred | spiring |

As adjectives the difference between spurred and spiring

is that spurred is wearing spurs while spiring is shooting up in a spire or spires.

As a verb spurred

is past tense of spur.

spurred

English

Verb

(head)
  • (spur)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Wearing spurs.
  • Furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
    • a spurred corolla
  • Affected with spur, or ergot.
    • spurred rye

    spiring

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Shooting up in a spire or spires.
    • The spiring grass. — Drayton.
    (Webster 1913)