The difference between Bound and Spring

When used as nouns, bound means a boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory, whereas spring means a leap.

When used as verbs, bound means to surround a territory or other geographical entity, whereas spring means to jump or leap.


Bound is also adjective with the meaning: obliged (to).

check bellow for the other definitions of Bound and Spring

  1. Bound as a verb:

    Examples:

    "I bound the [[splint]] to my leg."

    "I had bound the splint with [[duct tape]]."

  1. Bound as an adjective (with infinitive):

    Obliged (to).

    Examples:

    "You are not legally bound to reply."

  2. Bound as an adjective (with infinitive):

    Very likely (to), certain to

    Examples:

    "They were bound to come into conflict eventually."

  3. Bound as an adjective (linguistics, of a [[morpheme]]):

    That cannot stand alone as a free word.

  4. Bound as an adjective (mathematics, logic, of a [[variable]]):

    Constrained by a quantifier.

  5. Bound as an adjective (dated):

    Constipated; costive.

  6. Bound as an adjective:

    Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.

  7. Bound as an adjective:

    Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.

  1. Bound as a noun (often, used in plural):

    A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.

    Examples:

    "I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on."

    "Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure."

  2. Bound as a noun (mathematics):

    A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.

  1. Bound as a verb:

    To surround a territory or other geographical entity.

    Examples:

    "France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain."

    "Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west."

  2. Bound as a verb (mathematics):

    To be the boundary of.

  1. Bound as a noun:

    A sizeable jump, great leap.

    Examples:

    "The deer crossed the stream in a single bound."

  2. Bound as a noun:

    A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.

  3. Bound as a noun (dated):

    A bounce; a rebound.

    Examples:

    "the bound of a ball"

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  1. Bound as a verb (intransitive):

    To leap, move by jumping.

    Examples:

    "The rabbit bounded down the lane."

  2. Bound as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to leap.

    Examples:

    "to bound a horse"

  3. Bound as a verb (intransitive, dated):

    To rebound; to bounce.

    Examples:

    "a rubber ball bounds on the floor"

  4. Bound as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.

    Examples:

    "to bound a ball on the floor"

  1. Bound as an adjective (obsolete):

    Ready, prepared.

  2. Bound as an adjective:

    Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

    Examples:

    "Which way are you bound?"

    "Is that message bound for me?"

  1. Spring as a verb:

    To jump or leap.

    Examples:

    "He sprang up from his seat."

  2. Spring as a verb:

    To pass over by leaping.

    Examples:

    "to spring over a fence (in this sense, the verb spring must be accompanied by the preposition 'over'.)"

  3. Spring as a verb:

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

  4. Spring as a verb (slang):

    To release or set free, especially from prison.

  5. Spring as a verb (Australia, slang):

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

  6. Spring as a verb:

    To come into being, often quickly or sharply.

    Examples:

    "Trees are already springing up in the plantation."

  7. Spring as a verb:

    To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.

  8. Spring as a verb:

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

    Examples:

    "to spring a pheasant"

  9. Spring as a verb (nautical):

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

    Examples:

    "to spring a mast or a yard"

  10. Spring as a verb:

    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.

    Examples:

    "to spring in a slat or a bar"

  11. Spring as a verb:

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

  12. Spring as a verb:

    To move suddenly when pressure is released.

    Examples:

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

  13. Spring as a verb (intransitive):

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

    Examples:

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

  14. Spring as a verb:

    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.

  15. Spring as a verb:

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

  16. Spring as a verb (obsolete):

    To grow; to prosper.

  17. Spring as a verb (architecture, masonry, transitive):

    To build (an arch).

    Examples:

    "They sprung an arch over the lintel."

  18. Spring as a verb (transitive, archaic):

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

  1. Spring as a noun:

    A leap; a bound; a jump.

  2. Spring as a noun (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.

    Examples:

    "'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."

  3. Spring as a noun (countable):

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

  4. Spring as a noun (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 for other variations.)

  5. Spring as a noun (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.

  6. Spring as a noun (countable):

    A place where water or oil emerges from the ground.

    Examples:

    "This water is bottled from the spring of the river."

  7. Spring as a noun (uncountable):

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

    Examples:

    "the spring of a bow"

  8. Spring as a noun:

    Elastic power or force.

  9. Spring as a noun (countable):

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

    Examples:

    "We jumped so hard the bed springs broke."

  10. Spring as a noun (countable, slang):

    An erection of the penis.

  11. Spring as a noun (countable):

    The source of an action or of a supply.

  12. Spring as a noun:

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

  13. Spring as a noun:

    That which springs, or is originated, from a source. A race; lineage. A youth; a springald. A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland.

    Examples:

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    "rfquotek Milton"

  14. Spring as a noun (obsolete):

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

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Beaumont and Fletcher"

  15. Spring as a noun:

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

  16. Spring as a noun (countable, nautical):

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

    Examples:

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

  17. Spring as a noun (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.

  18. Spring as a noun (nautical):

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