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Twig vs Bud - What's the difference?

twig | bud |

As nouns the difference between twig and bud

is that twig is a small thin branch of a tree or bush while bud is a newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded.

As verbs the difference between twig and bud

is that twig is to beat with twigs while bud is to form buds.

As a proper noun Bud is

a male nickname.

twig

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) twigge, from (etyl) . More at two.

Noun

(wikipedia twig) (en noun)
  • A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
    • They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.
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    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=1 citation , passage=A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.}}
    Derived terms
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    Verb

    (twigg)
  • To beat with twigs.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) and (etyl) .

    Verb

    (twigg)
  • (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on.
  • :* He hasn't twigged that we're planning a surprise party for him.
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  • To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
    • Do you twig me?
  • To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
  • * Foote
    • Now twig him; now mind him.
  • * Hawthorne
    • as if he were looking right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal

    Etymology 3

    Compare tweak.

    Verb

    (twigg)
  • (obsolete, Scotland) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
    • (Webster 1913)

    bud

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) budde 'bud, seedpod', from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia bud) (en noun)
  • A newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded.
    • After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds .
  • (usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the bud ), or marijuana generally.
    • Hey bro, want to smoke some bud ?
  • A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
    • In this slide, you can see a yeast cell forming buds .
  • A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
    • Synonyms
    * (marijuana) nug; see also
    Derived terms
    * redbud * taste bud * bud of promise

    Verb

    (budd)
  • To form buds.
    • The trees are finally starting to bud .
  • To reproduce by splitting off buds.
    • Yeast reproduces by budding .
  • To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
  • To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.
    • a budding virgin
    (Shakespeare)

    Etymology 2

    From (buddy).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) Buddy, friend.
    • I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night.
  • (informal) (used to address a male)
    • Synonyms
    * See also

    Anagrams

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