different between scion vs brood
scion
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion; from Frankish *k?þ?, *k?þ, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, *k?þaz (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *geye (“to split open, sprout”), same source as Old English ??þ (“a young shoot; sprout; germ; sprig”), Old Saxon k?th (“sprout; germ”), Old High German k?di (“offshoot; sprout; germ”). See also French scion and Picard chion. Doublet of chit.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sa??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?sa?.?n/, /?sa?.?n/
- Rhymes: -a??n
Noun
scion (plural scions)
- A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
- The heir to a throne.
- A guardian.
- (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
Translations
Trivia
One of three common words ending in -cion, the other two being coercion and suspicion.
Further reading
- “scion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
References
Anagrams
- ICONs, Nicos, cions, coins, icons, sonic
French
Etymology
From Old French cion, ciun, from Frankish *kith?, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (“to split open, to sprout”). Spelling influenced by scie (“saw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sj??/
Noun
scion m (plural scions)
- scion (detached twig)
- tip of a fishing rod
Synonyms
- (detached twig): greffon
See also
- (tip of fishing rod): canne
Further reading
- “scion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
scion From the web:
- what scion cars is toyota keeping
- what scion models is toyota keeping
- scion meaning
- scion meaning in english
- what scion meaning in arabic
- scion what does it mean
- scion what happened
- scion what is the definition
brood
English
Etymology
From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English br?d (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *br?duz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reh?- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: bro?od, IPA(key): /b?u?d/
- Homophones: brewed
- Rhymes: -u?d
Noun
brood (countable and uncountable, plural broods)
- The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
- As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
- (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
- (countable, uncountable) The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.
- (countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III scene ii[1]:
- Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, / And bring thee forth brave brood.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III scene ii[1]:
- That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
- 1598, George Chapman translation of Homer's Iliad, Book 2:
- […] flocks of the airy brood,
- Cranes, geese or long-neck'd swans, here, there, proud of their pinions fly […]
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 19:
- Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,
- And make the earth devour her own sweet brood […]
- 1598, George Chapman translation of Homer's Iliad, Book 2:
- Parentage.
- (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- flock, litter, young, get, issue, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed, kin
Adjective
brood (not comparable)
- Kept or reared for breeding, said of animals.
- a brood mare
Verb
brood (third-person singular simple present broods, present participle brooding, simple past and past participle brooded)
- (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
- (transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
- (intransitive) (typically with about or over) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
- 1833, Alfred Tennyson:
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 6, The Scarlet Letter:
- 1833, Alfred Tennyson:
- (intransitive) To be bred.
Translations
Further reading
- Brood (honey bee) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Dobro, boord, dobro, droob
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch brood, from Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *br?d, from Proto-Germanic *braud?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /br??t/
Noun
brood (plural brode)
- (countable) A loaf of bread.
- (uncountable) Bread.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *br?d, from Proto-Germanic *braud?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bro?t/
- Hyphenation: brood
- Rhymes: -o?t
Noun
brood n (plural broden, diminutive broodje n)
- (uncountable) Bread.
- (countable) A loaf of bread.
- (countable, by extension) A similar bakery product or other baked dish.
- (uncountable, metonymically) Someone's livelihood, especially in expressions like dagelijks brood.
Derived terms
- bakery products
Descendants
- Afrikaans: brood
Anagrams
- boord
Middle English
Alternative forms
- brod, brode
Etymology
From Old English br?d.
Adjective
brood
- broad
Descendants
- English: broad
- Scots: braid
brood From the web:
- what brooding means
- what broody hen means
- what broody means
- what brooding
- brooder meaning
- what's brooder house
- brood meaning in english
- broodstock
you may also like
- scion vs brood
- judging vs discriminating
- soft vs salubrious
- reference vs specification
- quickwitted vs pretty
- faultlessly vs opportunely
- intent vs force
- annoyance vs bore
- superfluity vs load
- suffering vs defacement
- bite vs abrade
- frigidity vs crispness
- mammoth vs substantial
- include vs group
- abhorrent vs invidious
- pliant vs agile
- rubdown vs rubbing
- value vs behalf
- paunchy vs puffed
- shelter vs keep