Brussels vs. Sprout — What's the Difference?

Brussels (French: Bruxelles [bʁysɛl] (listen) or [bʁyksɛl] (listen); Dutch: Brussel [ˈbrʏsəl] (listen)), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (within which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region.

(of a plant) put out shoots

The capital of Belgium and of the Belgian province of Brabant; population 1,048,491 (2008). The headquarters of the European Commission is located there. Flemish name Brussel /ˈbrys(ə)l/. French name Bruxelles /bʀysɛl/.

A shoot of a plant

Brussels sprouts.

Short for Brussels sprout

A city of Belgium, giving its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc.

To begin to grow; give off shoots or buds.

The capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

To emerge and develop rapidly

To allow or cause to come forth and grow

Young plant growth, such as a bud or shoot.

Something resembling or suggestive of a sprout, as in rapid growth

The young shoots of plants such as alfalfa and soybean, usually eaten raw.

Brussels sprouts.

A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

A child.

A Brussels sprout.

A bean sprout.

An edible germinated seed.

To grow from seed; to germinate.

(transitive) To cause to grow from a seed.

(transitive) To deprive of sprouts.

(intransitive) To emerge from the ground as sprouts.

To emerge haphazardly from a surface.

To emerge or appear haphazardly

To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.

To shoot into ramifications.

To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.

To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.

The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch.

Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.

Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

A newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

Produce buds, branches, or germinate;

Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots;