Jumping vs. Spring — What's the Difference?

Jumping or leaping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory. Jumping can be distinguished from running, galloping and other gaits where the entire body is temporarily airborne, by the relatively long duration of the aerial phase and high angle of initial launch.

To move upward or forward in a single quick motion or a series of such motions; leap

To propel oneself upward or over a distance in single quick motion or series of such motions.

To move suddenly, especially because of being resilient or moved by a spring

To move suddenly and in one motion

To start doing something suddenly

To move involuntarily, as in surprise

To appear or come into being quickly

To parachute from an aircraft.

To issue or emerge suddenly

(Informal) To act quickly; hustle

To arise from a source; develop

To take prompt advantage; respond quickly

(intransitive) To burst forth.

To enter eagerly into an activity; plunge

(of liquids) To gush, to flow suddenly and violently.

To begin or start. Often used with off

To gush, to flow out of the ground.

To form an opinion or judgment hastily

(of light) To appear, to dawn.

To make a sudden verbal attack; lash out

(of plants) To sprout, to grow,

To undergo a sudden and pronounced increase

(now chiefly botanical) To grow taller or longer.

To rise suddenly in position or rank

To rise from cover.

To change discontinuously or after a short period

(of landscape) To come dramatically into view.

To be displaced by a sudden jerk

(figurative) to arise, to come into existence.

To be displaced vertically or laterally because of improper alignment

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.

(Computers) To move from one set of instructions in a program to another out of sequence.

(usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from

To move over an opponent's playing piece in a board game.

To descend or originate from.

To make a jump bid in bridge.

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

(Slang) To be lively; bustle

To become known, to spread.

To leap over or across

To emit, to spread.

To leap onto

To grow.

(Slang) To spring upon in sudden attack; assault or ambush

(transitive) To cause to burst forth.

To move or start prematurely before

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

To cause to leap

To bring forth.

To cause to increase suddenly

To cause to become known, to tell of.

To pass over; skip

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

To raise in rank or position; promote.

To cause to rise from cover.

To move a piece over (an opponent's piece) in a board game, often thereby capturing the opponent's piece.

To shift quickly from one designated position to another.

To raise (a partner's bid) in bridge by more than is necessary.

To breed with, to impregnate.

To jump-start (a motor vehicle).

(of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.

To leave (a course), especially through mishap

To make wet, to moisten.

To leave hastily; skip

To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.

To leave (an organization, for example) suddenly or in violation of an agreement

To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.

To seize or occupy illegally

To go off.

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.

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

The act of jumping; a leap.

To crack.

The distance covered by a jump

To have something crack.

An obstacle or span to be jumped.

To cause to crack.

A structure or course from which a jump is made

To surprise by sudden or deft action.

A descent from an aircraft by parachute.

To come upon and flush out

(Sports) Any of several track-and-field events in which contestants jump.

To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.

An initial competitive advantage; a head start

(obsolete) To begin something.

Energy or quickness

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

A sudden pronounced rise, as in price or salary.

To put bad money into circulation.

An impressive promotion.

To tell, to share.

A step or level

(of news, surprises) To announce unexpectedly, to reveal.

A sudden or major transition, as from one career or subject to another.

To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.

A short trip.

To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.

One in a series of moves and stopovers, as with a circus or road show.

To build, to form the initial curve of.

(Games) A move in a board game over an opponent's piece.

To extend, to curve.

(Computers) A movement from one set of instructions to another.

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

An involuntary nervous movement; a start.

To raise a vessel's sheer.

Jumps A condition of nervousness. Often used with the.

To raise a last's toe.

A jump-start of a motor vehicle.

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

Vulgar Slang An act of sexual intercourse.

To raise an offered price.

(colloquial) Exuberantly active; in full swing.

To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.

The act of performing a jump.

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

Of Jump, to leap.

To provide spring or elasticity

The act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump

To inspire, to motivate.

The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground;

(ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.

To reach maturity, to be fully grown.

To swell with milk or pregnancy.

To sound, to play.

(intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere

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

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

(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.

(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.

(meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.

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

A period of political liberalization and democratization

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.

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

(geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.

The rising of the sea at high tide.

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

A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.

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

(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.

(figurative) A race, a lineage.

(figurative) A youth.

A shoot, a young tree.

A grove of trees; a forest.

An erection of the penis. en

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

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

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

Elastic energy, power, or force.

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

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

A cause, a motive, etc.

(obsolete) A lively piece of music.

To leap; to bound; to jump.

To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.

To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.

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

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

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.

To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.

To grow; to thrive; to prosper.

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.

To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; as, to spring a surprise on someone; to spring a joke.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A leap; a bound; a jump.

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

Elastic power or force.

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.

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

Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.

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

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

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.

The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage; as, the spring of life.

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

The season of growth;

A natural flow of ground water

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

A light springing movement upwards or forwards

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

A point at which water issues forth

Move forward by leaps and bounds;

Develop into a distinctive entity;

Spring back; spring away from an impact;

Produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;

Develop suddenly;

Produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;