Bloom vs. Blossom — What's the Difference?

A flower, especially one cultivated for its beauty

In botany, blossoms are the flowers of stone fruit trees (genus Prunus) and of some other plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely for a period of time in spring. Colloquially, flowers of orange are referred to as such as well.

A delicate powdery surface deposit on certain fresh fruits, leaves, or stems

A flower or a mass of flowers, especially on a tree or bush

A full, bright sound in a recording

(of a tree or bush) produce flowers or masses of flowers

A mass of iron, steel, or other metal hammered or rolled into a thick bar for further working

A flower or cluster of flowers.

Produce flowers; be in flower

The condition or time of flowering

Coat (a lens) with a special surface layer so as to reduce reflection from its surface.

A condition or period of maximum development. ]

Make (iron, steel, etc.) into a bloom.

A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.

The flower of a plant.

The state or season of producing such flowers.

Something resembling the flower of a plant

(figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.

The condition of being in flower

The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.

A condition or time of vigor and beauty; prime

(intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.

A fresh, rosy complexion

(intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.

A waxy or powdery whitish to bluish coating on the surface of certain plant parts, as on cabbage leaves or on a plum or grape.

The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom.

A similar coating, as on newly minted coins.

A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.

Grayish blotches or streaks on the surface of chocolate produced by the formation of cocoa butter crystals.

The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; - otherwise called peach color.

(Chemistry) See efflorescence.

To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower.

Glare that is caused by a shiny object reflecting too much light into a camera.

To flourish and prosper; to develop into a superior type.

A colored area on the surface of a body of water caused by large numbers of phytoplankton, especially cyanobacteria.

To appear or grow as if by blossoming; to spread out rapidly.

A bar of steel prepared for rolling.

Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

A mass of wrought iron ready for further working.

The period of greatest prosperity or productivity

To bear a flower or flowers.

Produce or yield flowers;

To support plant life in abundance

Develop or come to a promising stage;

To glow; be radiant

To mature or flourish with youth and vigor

To appear or come into being suddenly

To cause to flourish.

(Obsolete) To cause to flower.

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.

(collective) Flowers.

(uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.

(figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.

Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.

The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.

Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.

The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.

A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.

(mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.

(culinary) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.

(television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.

(video games) The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held.

The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.

(transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

(transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.

(intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.

Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.

(cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.

The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.

A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth.

The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.

The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.

A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.

A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.

A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling.

To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.

To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers.

To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.

The organic process of bearing flowers;

Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

The best time of youth

A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

The period of greatest prosperity or productivity

A powdery deposit on a surface

Produce or yield flowers;