Strand vs Sprang - What's the difference?
strand | sprang |
The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
The shore or beach of a lake or river.
A small brook or rivulet.
A passage for water; gutter.
(nautical) To run aground; to beach.
(figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
(baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
A string.
An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
(electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
(broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
( genetics) A nucleotide chain.
As verbs the difference between strand and sprang
is that strand is to run aground; to beach while sprang is simple past of spring.As a noun strand
is the shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.As a proper noun Strand
is a street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street.strand
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) strand, strond, from (etyl) . Cognate with West Frisian straun, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand.Noun
(en noun)- Grand Strand
Verb
(en verb)- Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.
Synonyms
* (run aground) beach * (leave someone in a difficult situation) abandon, desertEtymology 2
Origin uncertain. Cognate with (etyl) stran, strawn, .Noun
(en noun)- strand of spaghetti
- strand of hair .
- strand of truth