Leap vs. Spring

Leap vs. Spring — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Leap and Spring

Leapverb

(intransitive) To jump.

Springverb

To jump or leap.

He sprang up from his seat.

Leapverb

(transitive) To pass over by a leap or jump.

to leap a wall or a ditch

Springverb

To pass over by leaping.

Leapverb

(transitive) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.

Springverb

To produce or disclose unexpectedly, especially of surprises, traps, etc.

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Leapverb

(transitive) To cause to leap.

to leap a horse across a ditch

Springverb

(slang) To release or set free, especially from prison.

Leapnoun

The act of leaping or jumping.

Springverb

To suddenly catch someone doing something illegal or against the rules.

Leapnoun

The distance traversed by a leap or jump.

Springverb

To come into being, often quickly or sharply.

Trees are already springing up in the plantation.
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Leapnoun

A group of leopards.

Springverb

To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.

Leapnoun

(figuratively) A significant move forward.

Springverb

To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert.

to spring a pheasant

Leapnoun

(figuratively) A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.

It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.

Springverb

(nautical) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken.

to spring a mast or a yard

Leapnoun

(mining) A fault.

Springverb

To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; often with in, out, etc.

to spring in a slat or a bar

Leapnoun

Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.

Springverb

To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.

Leapnoun

(music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.

Springverb

To move suddenly when pressure is released.

A bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.

Leapnoun

(calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.

Springverb

(intransitive) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped.

A piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.

Leapnoun

(obsolete) A basket.

Springverb

To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge, like a plant from its seed, a stream from its source, etc.; often followed by up, forth, or out.

Leapnoun

A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.

Springverb

To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.

Leapnoun

Half a bushel.

Springverb

(obsolete) To grow; to prosper.

Leapnoun

a light springing movement upwards or forwards

Springverb

To build (an arch).

They sprung an arch over the lintel.

Leapnoun

an abrupt transition;

a successful leap from college to the major leagues

Springverb

To sound (a rattle, such as a watchman's rattle).

Leapnoun

a sudden and decisive increase;

a jump in attendance

Springnoun

A leap; a bound; a jump.

Leapnoun

the distance leaped (or to be leaped);

a leap of 10 feet

Springnoun

(countable) Traditionally the first of the four seasons of the year in temperate regions, in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into blossom, following winter and preceding summer.

Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.

Leapverb

move forward by leaps and bounds;

The horse bounded across the meadowThe child leapt across the puddleCan you jump over the fence?

Springnoun

(countable) Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere or September, October and November in the southern.

Leapverb

pass abruptly from one state or topic to another;

leap into famejump to a conclusion

Springnoun

(countable) The astronomically delineated period from the moment of vernal equinox, approximately March 21 in the northern hemisphere to the moment of the summer solstice, approximately June 21. (See Spring (season) for other variations.)

Leapverb

cause to jump or leap;

the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop

Springnoun

(countable) Spring tide; a tide of greater-than-average range, that is, around the first or third quarter of a lunar month, or around the times of the new or full moon.

Springnoun

(countable) A place where water or oil emerges from the ground.

This water is bottled from the spring of the river.

Springnoun

(uncountable) The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.

the spring of a bow

Springnoun

Elastic power or force.

Springnoun

(countable) A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched.

We jumped so hard the bed springs broke.

Springnoun

An erection of the penis.

Springnoun

(countable) The source of an action or of a supply.

Springnoun

Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.

Springnoun

That which springs, or is originated, from a source.

Springnoun

A race; lineage.

Springnoun

A youth; a springald.

Springnoun

A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland.

Springnoun

(obsolete) That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.

Springnoun

The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage.

Springnoun

A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from surging.

You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.

Springnoun

(nautical) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.

Springnoun

(nautical) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.

Springnoun

the season of growth;

the emerging buds were a sure sign of springhe will hold office until the spring of next year

Springnoun

a natural flow of ground water

Springnoun

a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed;

the spring was broken

Springnoun

a light springing movement upwards or forwards

Springnoun

the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

Springnoun

a point at which water issues forth

Springverb

move forward by leaps and bounds;

The horse bounded across the meadowThe child leapt across the puddleCan you jump over the fence?

Springverb

develop into a distinctive entity;

our plans began to take shape

Springverb

spring back; spring away from an impact;

The rubber ball bouncedThese particles do not resile but they unite after they collide

Springverb

produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;

He sprang a new haircut on his wife

Springverb

develop suddenly;

The tire sprang a leak

Springverb

produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;

He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving