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Succeed vs Mushroom - What's the difference?

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Succeed is a related term of mushroom.


As verbs the difference between succeed and mushroom

is that succeed is to follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of while mushroom is to grow quickly to a large size.

As a noun mushroom is

any of the fleshy fruiting bodies]] of [[fungus|fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).

As an adjective mushroom is

having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.

succeed

English

Alternative forms

* succede (dated)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
    • The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.
    Autumn succeeds summer.
  • To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.
  • (obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.
    • So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king.
  • To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • Destructive effects succeeded the curse.
  • * 1919 ,
    • Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin.
  • To support; to prosper; to promote.
  • * Dryden
    • Succeed my wish and second my design.
  • To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.
  • # To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
  • To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
  • To go under cover.

    • Antonyms

    * (follow in order) precede * fail, fall on one's face

    Derived terms

    * nothing succeeds like success * succedent * succeedingly

    Related terms

    * success * succession * successive

    mushroom

    English

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies]] of [[fungus, fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
    • Some mushroom s are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul.
  • A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
  • champignon or Agaricus bisporus , the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
  • One of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
  • (obsolete, figurative) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.

    • Synonyms

    * (something appearing suddenly) shroom

    Derived terms

    * magic mushroom * mushroom anchor * mushroom cloud * mushroom coral * mushroom spawn * mushroomy * straw mushroom

    See also

    * cep, * champignon * chanterelle * cremini * fungus * morel * porcino * portabela, portabella, portabello, portobela, portobella, portobello, portobelo * shiitake * toadstool

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.
    • mushroom cloud

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grow quickly to a large size.
    • The town’s population mushroomed from 10,000 to 110,000 in five years.
  • To gather mushrooms .
  • (ballistics) (Of a bullet) To form the shape of a mushroom when a bullet impacts a soft target.