Node vs. Sprout
Difference Between Node and Sprout
Nodenoun
A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
Sproutnoun
A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
Nodenoun
(astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.
Sproutnoun
A child.
Nodenoun
(botany) A leaf node.
Sproutnoun
A Brussels sprout.
Nodenoun
(networking) A computer or other device attached to a network.
Sproutnoun
A bean sprout.
Nodenoun
(engineering) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot.
Sproutnoun
An edible germinated seed.
Nodenoun
(geometry) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.
Sproutverb
(gardening) To grow from seed; to germinate.
Nodenoun
(geometry) A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.
Sproutverb
To cause to grow from a seed.
I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad.Nodenoun
(graph theory) A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
Sproutverb
To deprive of sprouts.
to sprout potatoesNodenoun
(medicine) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
Sproutverb
To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
Nodenoun
(physics) A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
Sproutverb
To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin.Nodenoun
(rare) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.
Sproutnoun
any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
Nodenoun
(technical) A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
Sproutnoun
a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
Nodenoun
(computational linguistics) The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.
Sproutverb
produce buds, branches, or germinate;
the potatoes sproutedNodenoun
a connecting point at which several lines come together
Sproutverb
put forth and grow sprouts or shoots;
the plant sprouted early this yearNodenoun
any thickened enlargement
Nodenoun
(physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
Nodenoun
(astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
Nodenoun
the source of lymph and lymphocytes
Nodenoun
any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
Nodenoun
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
