The difference between Bloom and Flourish
When used as nouns, bloom means a blossom, whereas flourish means a dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
When used as verbs, bloom means to cause to blossom, whereas flourish means to thrive or grow well.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bloom and Flourish
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Bloom as a noun:
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
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Bloom as a noun:
Flowers, collectively.
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Bloom as a noun (uncountable):
The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
Examples:
"The cherry trees are in bloom."
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Bloom as a noun (figuratively):
A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
Examples:
"the bloom of youth"
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Bloom as a noun:
Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
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Bloom as a noun:
The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
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Bloom as a noun:
Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
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Bloom as a noun:
The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
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Bloom as a noun:
A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Bloom as a noun (mineralogy):
A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
Examples:
"the rose-red cobalt bloom'"
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Bloom as a noun (culinary):
A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
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Bloom as a noun (television):
An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
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Bloom as a verb (transitive):
To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
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Bloom as a verb (transitive):
To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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Bloom as a verb (intransitive):
Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
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Bloom as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):
Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
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Bloom as a noun:
The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
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Flourish as a verb (intransitive):
To thrive or grow well.
Examples:
"The barley flourished in the warm weather."
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Flourish as a verb (intransitive):
To prosper or fare well.
Examples:
"The town flourished with the coming of the railway."
"The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business."
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Flourish as a verb (intransitive):
To be in a period of greatest influence.
Examples:
"His writing flourished before the war."
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Flourish as a verb (transitive):
To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
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Flourish as a verb (transitive):
To make bold, sweeping movements with.
Examples:
"They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace."
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Flourish as a verb (intransitive):
To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
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Flourish as a verb (intransitive):
To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
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Flourish as a verb (intransitive):
To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
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Flourish as a verb (transitive):
To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
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Flourish as a verb (intransitive):
To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
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Flourish as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
Examples:
"rfquotek Alexander Pope"
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Flourish as a noun:
A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
Examples:
"With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue."
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Flourish as a noun:
An ornamentation.
Examples:
"His signature ended with a flourish."
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Flourish as a noun (music):
A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
Examples:
"The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church."
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Flourish as a noun (architecture):
A decorative embellishment on a building.