different between spurt vs sequence

English

Alternative forms

• spirt

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spû(r)t, IPA^(key): /sp??(r)t/
• (General American) enPR: spûrt, IPA^(key): /sp?t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Etymology 1

From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprutten, from Old English spryttan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).

Verb

spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)

1. (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
2. (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21

     With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?

Synonyms

• spout

Translations

Noun

spurt (plural spurts)

1. A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.

   a spurt of water; a spurt of blood

2. (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
   • 2019, R.W. Clinger, Stockton County Cowboys Box Set, JMS Books LLC (?ISBN)

     Clean all your spurt off me, man.” And so I did.

3. (obsolete) A shoot; a bud.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1.

Noun

spurt (plural spurts)

1. A moment, a short period of time.
2. A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
   • 1859, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown At Oxford

     The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.

3. The act of spurting, or something spurted
   • 2015, Shelley Munro, Alexandre

     He thrust against her and deep inside, she felt his spurt of semen. Her clit jumped in response, and Lily tumbled into an orgasm that shook her clear to her toes.

Derived terms

• growth spurt

Translations

Verb

spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)

1. (intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.

   The bullion market spurted on Thursday.

   The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.

Translations

Anagrams

• Prust, turps

Danish

Etymology

From English spurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spu?rt/, [sb?u???d?]

Noun

spurt c (singular definite spurten, plural indefinite spurter)

1. spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)

Inflection

Related terms

• slutspurt
• spurte

Verb

spurt

1. imperative of spurte

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from English spurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?rt/
• Hyphenation: spurt
• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

spurt m (plural spurts, diminutive spurtje n)

1. spurt (short sudden energetic effort), especially in running or cycling

Related terms

• spurten

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp????/

Verb

spurt

1. supine form of spyrja

Noun

spurt

1. indefinite accusative singular of spurtur

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

spurt

1. past participle of spørre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

spurt

1. neuter past participle of spørja and spørje

Swedish

Etymology

From English spurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?rt/

Noun

spurt (c)

1. spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)

Inflection

Related terms

• slutspurt
• spurtsträcka
• spurta

English

Etymology

From Middle English sequence, borrowed from French sequence (“a sequence of cards, answering verses”), from Late Latin sequentia (“a following”), from Latin sequens (“following”), from sequi (“to follow”); see sequent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?kw?ns/

Noun

sequence (countable and uncountable, plural sequences)

1. A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series
2. (uncountable) The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.

   Complete the listed tasks in sequence.

3. A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).
4. A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
5. (mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
6. (now rare) A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, pp. 12-13:

     he found no words to convey the impressions he had received; then he gave way to the anger always the sequence of the antagonism of opinion between them.

7. A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.
8. (card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.

Usage notes

• (mathematics): Beginning students often confuse sequence with series.

Synonyms

• (a set of things next to each other in a set order): See Thesaurus:sequence

Hypernyms

• (mathematics): function

Hyponyms

• presequence
• (computing): escape sequence

Meronyms

• (mathematics): term

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

sequence (third-person singular simple present sequences, present participle sequencing, simple past and past participle sequenced)

1. (transitive) to arrange in an order
2. (transitive, biochemistry) to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid
3. (transitive) to produce (music) with a sequencer

Translations

References

Further reading

• sequence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sequence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.