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Bounce vs. Spring — What's the Difference?

Bounce vs. Spring — What's the Difference?

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Bounce

(with reference to an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it
He was bouncing the ball against the wall
The ball bounced away and he chased it

Spring

To move upward or forward in a single quick motion or a series of such motions; leap
The goat sprang over the log.

Bounce

Jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy
Emma was happily bouncing up and down on the mattress

Spring

To move suddenly, especially because of being resilient or moved by a spring
I let the branch spring forward. The door sprang shut.

Bounce

(of a cheque) be returned by a bank to the payee when there are not enough funds in the drawer's account to meet it
A further two cheques of £160 also bounced
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Spring

To start doing something suddenly
The firefighters sprang into action.

Bounce

Eject (a troublemaker) forcibly from a nightclub or similar establishment.

Spring

To appear or come into being quickly
New businesses are springing up rapidly.

Bounce

Pressurize (someone) into doing something, typically by presenting them with a fait accompli
The government should beware being bounced into any ill-considered foreign gamble

Spring

To issue or emerge suddenly
A cry sprang from her lips. A thought springs to mind.

Bounce

A rebound of a ball or other object
The wicket was causing the occasional erratic bounce

Spring

To arise from a source; develop
Their frustration springs from a misunderstanding.

Bounce

An act of jumping or of moving up and down jerkily
Every bounce of the truck brought them into fresh contact

Spring

(intransitive) To burst forth.

Bounce

To rebound after having struck an object or a surface.

Spring

(of liquids) To gush, to flow suddenly and violently.
The boat sprang a leak and began to sink.

Bounce

To move jerkily; bump
The car bounced over the potholes.

Spring

To gush, to flow out of the ground.

Bounce

To bound
Children bouncing into the room.

Spring

(of light) To appear, to dawn.

Bounce

To be left unpaid because of an overdrawn account
A check that bounced.

Spring

(of plants) To sprout, to grow,

Bounce

(Computers) To be sent back by a mail server as undeliverable
That email bounced because I used "com" instead of "net.".

Spring

(now chiefly botanical) To grow taller or longer.

Bounce

(Baseball) To hit a ground ball to an infielder
The batter bounced out to the shortstop.

Spring

To rise from cover.

Bounce

To cause to strike an object or a surface and rebound
Bounce a ball on the sidewalk.

Spring

(of landscape) To come dramatically into view.

Bounce

To present or propose for comment or approval. Often used with off
Bounced a few ideas off my boss.

Spring

(figurative) to arise, to come into existence.
Hope springs eternal.
He hit the gas and the car sprang to life.

Bounce

To expel by force
Bounced him from the bar.

Spring

To move with great speed and energy; to leap, to jump; to dart, to sprint; of people: to rise rapidly from a seat, bed, etc.
Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves.
He sprang to his feet.
A bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.
Don't worry. She'll spring back to her cheerful old self in no time.
It was the first thing that sprang to mind.
She sprang to her husband's defense and clocked the protestor.

Bounce

To dismiss from employment.

Spring

(usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
He sprang from peasant stock.

Bounce

To write (a check) on an overdrawn bank account.

Spring

To descend or originate from.
The Stoics sprang from the Cynics.

Bounce

A rebound, as of a ball from the ground.

Spring

(obsolete) To rise in social position or military rank, to be promoted.

Bounce

A sudden bound or upward movement
The bike went over the rock with a bounce.

Spring

To become known, to spread.

Bounce

The capacity to rebound; spring
A ball with bounce.

Spring

To emit, to spread.

Bounce

A sudden increase
Got a bounce in the polls.

Spring

To grow.

Bounce

Cheerfulness or liveliness
"He had managed to recover much of his bounce and spirit" (Paul Auster).

Spring

(transitive) To cause to burst forth.

Bounce

(Slang) Expulsion; dismissal
Was given the bounce from the job.

Spring

To cause to well up or flow out of the ground.

Bounce

A fast, energetic style of hip-hop originating in New Orleans and characterized by repetitive, often sexual call-and-response lyrics.

Spring

To bring forth.

Bounce

A style of dance performed to this music characterized by rapid body movements, especially of the gluteal and hamstring muscles in a way that resembles bouncing while keeping the feet on the ground.

Spring

To cause to become known, to tell of.

Bounce

Chiefly British Loud, arrogant speech; bluster.

Spring

To cause to move energetically; (equestrianism) to cause to gallop, to spur.

Bounce

(intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.

Spring

To cause to rise from cover.
His dogs sprang the grouse and partridges and flushed the woodcock.

Bounce

(intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
He bounces nervously on his chair.

Spring

To shift quickly from one designated position to another.

Bounce

(transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
He bounced the child on his knee.
The children were bouncing a ball against a wall.

Spring

To breed with, to impregnate.

Bounce

To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range.

Spring

(of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
He sprang the trap.

Bounce

(intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
She bounced happily into the room.

Spring

To make wet, to moisten.

Bounce

To move rapidly (between).

Spring

To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.

Bounce

To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced.

Spring

To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.

Bounce

To fail to cover have sufficient funds for (a draft presented against one's account).
He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday.

Spring

To go off.

Bounce

To leave.
Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce.

Spring

To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.

Bounce

To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

Spring

To crack.

Bounce

(sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.

Spring

To have something crack.

Bounce

To attack unexpectedly.
The squadron was bounced north of the town.

Spring

To cause to crack.

Bounce

To turn power off and back on; to reset.
See if it helps to bounce the router.

Spring

To surprise by sudden or deft action.

Bounce

To return undelivered.
What’s your new email address? The old one bounces.
The girl in the bar told me her address was [email protected], but my mail to that address was bounced back by the server.

Spring

To come upon and flush out

Bounce

To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
The student pilot bounced several times during his landing.

Spring

To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.

Bounce

To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced.

Spring

(obsolete) To begin something.

Bounce

To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two.

Spring

(obsolete) To produce, provide, or place an item unexpectedly.

Bounce

To bully; to scold.

Spring

To put bad money into circulation.

Bounce

To boast; to bluster.

Spring

To tell, to share.

Bounce

(archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.

Spring

(of news, surprises) To announce unexpectedly, to reveal.
Sorry to spring it on you like this but I've been offered another job.

Bounce

A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.

Spring

To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
His lieutenants hired a team of miners to help spring him.

Bounce

A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.

Spring

To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.

Bounce

(internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.

Spring

To build, to form the initial curve of.
They sprung an arch over the lintel.

Bounce

The sack, dismissal.

Spring

To extend, to curve.
The arches spring from the front posts.

Bounce

A bang, boom.

Spring

To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.

Bounce

(archaic) A drink based on brandyW.

Spring

To raise a vessel's sheer.

Bounce

(archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.

Spring

To raise a last's toe.

Bounce

(archaic) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.

Spring

(transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.

Bounce

Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.

Spring

To raise an offered price.

Bounce

(uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.

Spring

To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.

Bounce

Drugs.

Spring

To equip with springs, especially to equip with a suspension.

Bounce

Swagger.

Spring

To provide spring or elasticity

Bounce

A good beat in music.

Spring

To inspire, to motivate.

Bounce

A talent for leaping.
Them pro-ballers got bounce!

Spring

(ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
He sprang in the slat.

Bounce

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
Another bounces as hard as he can knock.
Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.

Spring

To reach maturity, to be fully grown.

Bounce

To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
Out bounced the mastiff.
Bounced off his arm+chair.

Spring

To swell with milk or pregnancy.

Bounce

To boast; to talk big; to bluster.

Spring

To sound, to play.

Bounce

To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.

Spring

(intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere

Bounce

To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.

Spring

(of animals) to find or get enough food during springtime.

Bounce

To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

Spring

(countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.

Bounce

To bully; to scold.

Spring

(countable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.
You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.

Bounce

A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.

Spring

(astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
Spring Festival" throughout East Asia because it is reckoned as the beginning of their spring.

Bounce

A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
The bounce burst open the door.

Spring

(meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.
The spring issue will be out next week.

Bounce

An explosion, or the noise of one.

Spring

The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.

Bounce

Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.

Spring

A period of political liberalization and democratization
Arab Spring

Bounce

A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).

Spring

Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.

Bounce

With a sudden leap; suddenly.
This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.

Spring

(countable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly

Bounce

The quality of a substance that is able to rebound

Spring

(geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
This beer was brewed with pure spring water.

Bounce

A light springing movement upwards or forwards

Spring

The rising of the sea at high tide.

Bounce

Rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

Spring

(oceanography) nodot=a, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
Neap tide

Bounce

Spring back; spring away from an impact;
The rubber ball bounced
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide

Spring

A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
We jumped so hard the bed springs broke.

Bounce

Hit something so that it bounces;
Bounce a ball

Spring

(nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.

Bounce

Move up and down repeatedly

Spring

(nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.

Bounce

Come back after being refused;
The check bounced

Spring

(figurative) A race, a lineage.

Bounce

Leap suddenly;
He bounced to his feet

Spring

(figurative) A youth.

Bounce

Refuse to accept and send back;
Bounce a check

Spring

A shoot, a young tree.

Bounce

Eject from the premises;
The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club

Spring

A grove of trees; a forest.

Spring

An erection of the penis. en

Spring

A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam.

Spring

(uncountable) Springiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly

Spring

Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
The spring of a bow

Spring

Elastic energy, power, or force.

Spring

(countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.

Spring

(countable) Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly

Spring

A cause, a motive, etc.

Spring

(obsolete) A lively piece of music.

Spring

To leap; to bound; to jump.
The mountain stag that springsFrom height to height, and bounds along the plains.

Spring

To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
And sudden lightSprung through the vaulted roof.

Spring

To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring.

Spring

To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.

Spring

To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.

Spring

To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; - often followed by up, forth, or out.
Till well nigh the day began to spring.
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth.
Do not blast my springing hopes.
O, spring to light; auspicious Babe, be born.

Spring

To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
[They found] new hope to springOut of despair, joy, but with fear yet linked.

Spring

To grow; to thrive; to prosper.
What makes all this, but Jupiter the king,At whose command we perish, and we spring?

Spring

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

Spring

To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; as, to spring a surprise on someone; to spring a joke.
She starts, and leaves her bed, and springs a light.
The friends to the cause sprang a new project.

Spring

To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.

Spring

To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard.

Spring

To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap.

Spring

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.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar.

Spring

To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence.

Spring

To release (a person) from confinement, especially from a prison.

Spring

A leap; a bound; a jump.
The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke.

Spring

A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by its elasticity; as, the spring of a bow.

Spring

Elastic power or force.
Heavens! what a spring was in his arm!

Spring

An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force.

Spring

Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; an issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain.

Spring

Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
Our author shuns by vulgar springs to moveThe hero's glory, or the virgin's love.

Spring

That which springs, or is originated, from a source;

Spring

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

Spring

The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator.

Spring

The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage; as, the spring of life.
O how this spring of love resemblethThe uncertain glory of an April day.

Spring

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

Spring

The season of growth;
The emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
He will hold office until the spring of next year

Spring

A natural flow of ground water

Spring

A metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed;
The spring was broken

Spring

A light springing movement upwards or forwards

Spring

The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

Spring

A point at which water issues forth

Spring

Move forward by leaps and bounds;
The horse bounded across the meadow
The child leapt across the puddle
Can you jump over the fence?

Spring

Develop into a distinctive entity;
Our plans began to take shape

Spring

Spring back; spring away from an impact;
The rubber ball bounced
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide

Spring

Produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;
He sprang a new haircut on his wife

Spring

Develop suddenly;
The tire sprang a leak

Spring

Produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;
He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving

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