different between springboard vs introduction

English

Etymology

spring +? board

Pronunciation

Noun

springboard (plural springboards)

1. A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water.
2. (gymnastics) A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment.
3. (figuratively) Anything that gives a person or thing energy or impulse, or that serves to launch or begin something.

Translations

Verb

springboard (third-person singular simple present springboards, present participle springboarding, simple past and past participle springboarded)

1. (transitive) To launch or propel as if from a springboard, especially toward political office.

English

Etymology

From Middle English introduccioun, introduccyon, borrowed from Old French introduction, itself a borrowing from Latin intr?d?cti?nem, accusative of Latin intr?d?cti?, from intr?d?c?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt???d?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n
• Hyphenation: in?tro?duc?tion

Noun

introduction (countable and uncountable, plural introductions)

1. The act or process of introducing.

   the introduction of a new product into the market

2. A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
3. An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
4. A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.

Synonyms

• (initial section of a written work): preface, isagoge, lead-in, lead, lede; see also Thesaurus:foreword

Derived terms

• introduction agency
• introductory

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin introductio, introductionem, from introductus, from introduco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??.dyk.sj??/

Noun

introduction f (plural introductions)

1. introduction

Related terms

• introduire

Further reading

• “introduction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).