Difference between Shoot and Sprout

What is the difference between Shoot and Sprout?

Shoot as a noun is the emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant. while Sprout as a noun is a new growth on a plant.

Shoot

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant. A photography session. (professional wrestling slang) In professional wrestling, an event that is unscripted or legitimate.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: Yes, please do. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fire a projectile or energy weapon at. To hit with a projectile or energy beam from such a weapon. To move very quickly and suddenly. To photograph. (professional wrestling) In professional wrestling, to deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed-to script). To measure the distance and direction to (a point). To make the stated score. To ejaculate To go over or pass quickly through. To tip (coal, etc) down a chute [http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22coal+being+shot+into%22&btnG=Search&meta=]

Example sentence: They have in me struck down but the trunk of the tree; the roots are many and deep - they will shoot up again!

Sprout

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To grow, where the initial state is a seed; to germinate.To cause to grow from a seed.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A new growth on a plant.A child.A Brussels sprout.

Example sentence: After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the world furnishes no parallel, is the old root of bitterness still to remain in the ground, to sprout and bear fruit in the future as it has borne fruit in the past?

We hope you now know whether to use Shoot or Sprout in your sentence.

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