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pullulate vs spill over

spill over vs pullulate

pullulate and spill over both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pullulate No No Yes No
spill over No No Yes No
As verbs, spill over is a hyponym of pullulate; that is, spill over is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pullulate:
  • pullulate: move in large numbers
  • spill over: be disgorged
Other hyponyms of pullulate include pour out, spill out.
pullulate (verb) spill over (verb)
breed freely and abundantly overflow with a certain feeling
produce buds, branches, or germinate be disgorged
become abundant; increase rapidly
move in large numbers
be teeming, be abuzz
Difference between pullulate and spill over

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