The difference between Corymb and Spike
When used as nouns, corymb means a cluster of flowers with a flat or convex top, whereas spike means a sort of very large nail.
Spike is also verb with the meaning: to fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
check bellow for the other definitions of Corymb and Spike
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Corymb as a noun (botany):
A cluster of flowers with a flat or convex top.
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Spike as a noun:
A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward/outward.
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Spike as a noun:
Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
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Spike as a noun:
An ear of corn or grain.
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Spike as a noun (botany):
A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
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Spike as a noun:
(in plural spikes; informal) Running shoes with spikes in the soles.
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Spike as a noun:
A sharp peak in a graph.
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Spike as a noun:
The long, narrow part of a high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
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Spike as a noun:
A long nail for storing papers and, by extension, the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
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Spike as a noun (volleyball):
An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
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Spike as a noun (zoology):
An adolescent male deer.
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Spike as a noun:
A surge in power.
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Spike as a noun:
(slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.
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Spike as a noun:
Spike lavender.
Examples:
"oil of spike"
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Spike as a noun (music, lutherie):
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Spike as a verb:
To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
Examples:
"to spike down planks"
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Spike as a verb:
To set or furnish with spikes.
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Spike as a verb:
To fix on a spike.
Examples:
"rfquotek Young"
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Spike as a verb:
To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
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Spike as a verb:
To prevent or frustrate.
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Spike as a verb:
To increase sharply.
Examples:
"Traffic accidents spiked in December when there was ice on the roads."
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Spike as a verb:
To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.
Examples:
"She spiked my lemonade with vodka!"
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Spike as a verb:
To add a small amount of one substance to another.
Examples:
"The water sample to be tested has been spiked with arsenic, antimony, mercury, and lead in quantities commonly found in industrial effluents."
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Spike as a verb (volleyball):
To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
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Spike as a verb (military):
To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
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Spike as a verb (journalism):
To decide not to publish or make public.
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Spike as a verb:
(football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.