Bloom vs. Gloom — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bloom and Gloom
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Bloom
A flower, especially one cultivated for its beauty
An exotic bloom
Gloom
Gloom is a low level of light which is so dim that there are physiological and psychological effects. Human vision at this level becomes monochrome and has lessened clarity.
Bloom
A delicate powdery surface deposit on certain fresh fruits, leaves, or stems
The bloom on a plum
Gloom
Partial or total darkness; dimness
Switched on a table lamp to banish the gloom of a winter afternoon.
Bloom
A full, bright sound in a recording
The remastering has lost some of the bloom of the strings
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Gloom
A partially or totally dark place, area, or location.
Bloom
A mass of iron, steel, or other metal hammered or rolled into a thick bar for further working
An 18-foot-long steel bloom emerges red-hot from a new reheat furnace
Gloom
An atmosphere of melancholy or depression
Gloom pervaded the office.
Bloom
Produce flowers; be in flower
A chalk pit where cowslips bloomed
Gloom
A state of melancholy or depression; despondency.
Bloom
Coat (a lens) with a special surface layer so as to reduce reflection from its surface.
Gloom
To be or become dark, shaded, or obscure.
Bloom
Make (iron, steel, etc.) into a bloom.
Gloom
To feel, appear, or act despondent, sad, or mournful.
Bloom
The flower of a plant.
Gloom
To make dark, shaded, or obscure.
Bloom
Something resembling the flower of a plant
"Her hair was caught all to one side in a great bloom of frizz" (Anne Tyler).
Gloom
(Archaic) To make despondent; sadden.
Bloom
The condition of being in flower
A rose in full bloom.
Gloom
Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.
The gloom of a forest, or of midnight
Bloom
A condition or time of vigor and beauty; prime
"the radiant bloom of Greek genius" (Edith Hamilton).
Gloom
A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.
Bloom
A fresh, rosy complexion
"She was short, plump, and fair, with a fine bloom" (Jane Austen).
Gloom
Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
Bloom
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.
Gloom
A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
Bloom
A similar coating, as on newly minted coins.
Gloom
(intransitive) To be dark or gloomy.
Bloom
Grayish blotches or streaks on the surface of chocolate produced by the formation of cocoa butter crystals.
Gloom
(intransitive) To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
Bloom
(Chemistry) See efflorescence.
Gloom
(transitive) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
Bloom
Glare that is caused by a shiny object reflecting too much light into a camera.
Gloom
(transitive) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
Bloom
A colored area on the surface of a body of water caused by large numbers of phytoplankton, especially cyanobacteria.
Gloom
To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
Bloom
A bar of steel prepared for rolling.
Gloom
Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.
Bloom
A mass of wrought iron ready for further working.
Gloom
A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.
Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks.
Bloom
To bear a flower or flowers.
Gloom
Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits.
Bloom
To support plant life in abundance
Rains that made the yard bloom.
Gloom
In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.
Bloom
To glow; be radiant
"Our summer-gray potbellied stove bloomed rosy red during winter" (Maya Angelou).
Gloom
To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
Bloom
To mature or flourish with youth and vigor
Genius blooming under a great teacher.
Gloom
To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.
The black gibbet glooms beside the way.
[This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom.
Bloom
To appear or come into being suddenly
"Her pale shoulders bloomed from the green flounces" (Erin McGraw).
Gloom
To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
A bow window . . . gloomed with limes.
A black yew gloomed the stagnant air.
Bloom
To cause to flourish.
Gloom
To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
Such a mood as that which lately gloomedYour fancy.
What sorrows gloomed that parting day.
Bloom
(Obsolete) To cause to flower.
Gloom
A state of partial or total darkness;
He struck a match to dispell the gloom
Bloom
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
Gloom
A feeling of melancholy apprehension
Bloom
(collective) Flowers.
Gloom
An atmosphere of depression and melancholy;
Gloom pervaded the office
Bloom
(uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
The cherry trees are in bloom.
Bloom
(figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
The bloom of youth
Bloom
Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
Bloom
The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
Bloom
Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
Bloom
The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
Bloom
A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
Bloom
(mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
The rose-red cobalt bloom
Bloom
(culinary) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
Bloom
(television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
Bloom
(video games) The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held.
Bloom
The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
Bloom
(transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
Bloom
(transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
Bloom
(intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
Bloom
Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
Bloom
(cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
Bloom
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.
The rich blooms of the tropics.
Bloom
The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.
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.
Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty.
Bloom
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.
A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it.
Bloom
The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
Bloom
A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
Bloom
A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
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.
Bloom
To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.
A flower which onceIn Paradise, fast by the tree of life,Began to bloom.
Bloom
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.
A better country blooms to view,
Bloom
To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
Charitable affection bloomed them.
Bloom
To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day.
Bloom
The organic process of bearing flowers;
You will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed
Bloom
Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
Bloom
The best time of youth
Bloom
A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
Bloom
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Bloom
A powdery deposit on a surface
Bloom
Produce or yield flowers;
The cherry tree bloomed
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