Booming vs. Blooming — What's the Difference?

To make a deep, resonant sound.

Used as an intensive

To grow, develop, or progress rapidly; flourish

Present participle of bloom

To utter or give forth with a deep, resonant sound

Opening in blossoms; flowering.

To cause to grow or flourish; boost.

Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.

To move or position using a crane

Bloody; bleeding; extremely.

A deep resonant sound, as of an explosion.

Bloody; bleeding; extremely.

A time of economic prosperity.

The act by which something blooms.

A sudden increase, as in popularity.

(metallurgy) The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.

(Nautical) A spar extending usually from a mast to hold the foot, clew, or tack of a sail.

(photography) A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.

A long pole extending upward at an angle from the mast of a derrick to support or guide objects being lifted or suspended.

The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.

A barrier composed of a chain of floating logs, typically used to block the passage of boats or to arrest the downstream motion of logs in a log drive.

Opening in blossoms; flowering.

A floating barrier serving to catch debris or to contain an oil spill.

Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.

A long movable arm used to maneuver and support a microphone.

The organic process of bearing flowers;

A spar that connects the tail surfaces and the main structure of an airplane.

(used of persons) informal intensifiers;

A long hollow tube attached to a tanker aircraft, through which fuel flows to another aircraft being refueled in flight.

Experiencing a period of prosperity, or rapid economic growth.

Loud and resonant.

Present participle of boom

A deep hollow or roaring sound.

Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.

Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity.

The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns.

Very lively and profitable;

Used of the voice