different between sprout vs scion
sprout
English
Etymology
From Middle English spruten, from Old English spr?tan, from Proto-Germanic *spreutan?. Doublet of spruit.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /sp?a?t/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /sp???t/
- Rhymes: -a?t, -??t
Noun
sprout (plural sprouts)
- A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
- A child.
- A Brussels sprout.
- A bean sprout.
- An edible germinated seed.
Translations
Verb
sprout (third-person singular simple present sprouts, present participle sprouting, simple past and past participle sprouted)
- (horticulture, intransitive) To grow from seed; to germinate.
- (transitive) To cause to grow from a seed.
- (transitive) To deprive of sprouts.
- (intransitive) To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
- (figuratively, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
- (figuratively, intransitive) To emerge or appear haphazardly
Synonyms
- ackerspyre (Chester)
Related terms
- unsprouted
- brussel sprout
Translations
Anagrams
- Portus, Proust, Stroup, Troups, stupor
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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).
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