Spurt vs Eject - What's the difference?
spurt | eject |
To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
* Alexander Pope
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
* T. Hughes
(slang) Ejaculation of semen. (rfex)
(obsolete) A shoot; a bud.
To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
* 2012 , August 1. Peter Walker and Haroon Siddique in Guardian Unlimited,
To throw out or remove forcefully.
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(US) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
To project oneself from an aircraft.
To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
To come out of a machine.
A button on a machine that causes something to be ejected from the machine.
(psychology) (by analogy with subject and object ) an inferred object of someone else's consciousness
English ergative verbs
English heteronyms
As verbs the difference between spurt and eject
is that spurt is while eject is to compel (a person or persons) to leave.As a noun eject is
a button on a machine that causes something to be ejected from the machine or eject can be (psychology) (by analogy with subject and object ) an inferred object of someone else's consciousness.spurt
English
Verb
(en verb)- Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, / Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.
- With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?
- ''The bullion market spurted on Thursday.
- ''The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.
Synonyms
* spirt * spoutNoun
(en noun)- a spurt of water; a spurt of blood
- The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.
- The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt .
- (Holland)
Derived terms
* growth spurtAnagrams
* English terms with unknown etymologies ----eject
English
Usage notes
The physiological sense always uses pronunciation stressed on the first syllable (), either pronunciation is used for the other senses.Verb
(en verb)Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'
- Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
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Synonyms
* boot out, discharge, dismiss, drive out, evict, expel, kick out, toss, turf out, oust * (throw out forcefully) throw out * send off (UK ) * * (project oneself from an aircraft) bail out * (come out of a machine) come outDerived terms
* ejectable * ejectorNoun
eject (not used in the plural )- When the tape stops, press eject.
