Start vs. Launch
Startnoun
The beginning of an activity.
Startnoun
A sudden involuntary movement.
Startnoun
The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
Startnoun
An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match.
Startnoun
(horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
Startnoun
An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
Startverb
(transitive) To begin, commence, initiate.
Startverb
To set in motion.
Startverb
To begin.
Startverb
To initiate operation of a vehicle or machine.
Startverb
To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
Startverb
To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
Startverb
(intransitive) To begin an activity.
Startverb
(intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
Startverb
To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
Startverb
(intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise.
Startverb
(intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
Startverb
(transitive) To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
Startverb
(transitive) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
Startverb
(intransitive) To break away, to come loose.
Startverb
To put into play.
Startverb
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
Startverb
To start one's periods (menstruation).
Startverb
To leap; to jump.
Startverb
To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.
Startverb
To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start in business.
Startverb
To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.
Startverb
To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox.
Startverb
To bring into being or into view; to originate; to invent.
Startverb
To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.
Startverb
To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.
Startverb
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.
Startnoun
The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion.
Startnoun
A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
Startnoun
A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
Startnoun
The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; - opposed to finish.
Startnoun
A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
Startnoun
The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.
Startnoun
The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.
Startnoun
The arm, or lever, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
Startnoun
A Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union which provided for stepwise reductions in the number of nuclear weapons possessed by each country.
Startnoun
the beginning of anything;
Startnoun
the time at which something is supposed to begin;
Startnoun
a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning);
Startnoun
a sudden involuntary movement;
Startnoun
the act of starting something;
Startnoun
a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
Startnoun
a signal to begin (as in a race);
Startnoun
advantage gained by an early start as in a race;
Startverb
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;
Startverb
set in motion, cause to start;
Startverb
leave;
Startverb
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense;
Startverb
bring into being;
Startverb
get off the ground;
Startverb
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm;
Startverb
get going or set in motion;
Startverb
begin or set in motion;
Startverb
begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job;
Startverb
play in the starting line-up
Startverb
have a beginning characterized in some specified way;
Startverb
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object;
Startverb
begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space; come into being
Startverb
embark on a continuing action or a new venture
Startverb
use a particular point, action, or circumstance as an opening for a course of action
Startverb
begin to move or travel
Startverb
begin to engage in (an occupation), live through (a period), or attend (an educational establishment)
Startverb
begin one's working life
Startverb
cost at least a specified amount
Startverb
cause to happen or begin
Startverb
cause (a machine) to begin to work
Startverb
(of a machine) begin operating or being used
Startverb
cause or enable to begin doing something
Startverb
give a signal to (competitors) to start in a race.
Startverb
jerk or give a small jump from surprise or alarm
Startverb
move or appear suddenly
Startverb
(of eyes) bulge so as to appear to burst out of their sockets
Startverb
be displaced or displace by pressure or shrinkage
Startverb
rouse (game) from its lair.
Startnoun
the point in time or space at which something has its origin; the beginning
Startnoun
the point or moment at which a race begins
Startnoun
an act of beginning to do or deal with something
Startnoun
used to indicate that a useful initial contribution has been made but that more remains to be done
Startnoun
a person's position or circumstances at the beginning of their life
Startnoun
an advantage consisting in having set out in a race or on a journey earlier than one's rivals
Startnoun
a sudden movement of surprise or alarm
Startnoun
a surprising occurrence
Launchverb
(transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball; to hurl; to propel with force.
Launchverb
To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
Launchverb
(transitive) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat.
Launchverb
(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
Launchverb
to cause (a program) to operate
Launchverb
(transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale
Launchverb
To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
Launchverb
(of a program) to start to operate
Launchnoun
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
Launchnoun
The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
Launchnoun
An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
Launchnoun
(nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
Launchnoun
(nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
Launchnoun
(nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
Launchverb
To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
Launchverb
To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
Launchverb
To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
Launchverb
To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise.
Launchverb
To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; - often with out.
Launchnoun
The act of launching.
Launchnoun
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
Launchnoun
The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
Launchnoun
a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
Launchnoun
the act of propelling with force
Launchverb
set up or found;
Launchverb
propel with force;
Launchverb
launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage;
Launchverb
begin with vigor;
Launchverb
get going; give impetus to;
Launchverb
smoothen the surface of;
Launchverb
set (a boat) in motion by pushing it or allowing it to roll into the water
Launchverb
set (a newly built ship or boat) afloat for the first time with an official ceremony
Launchverb
send (a missile, satellite, or spacecraft) on its course
Launchverb
hurl (something) forcefully
Launchverb
make a sudden energetic movement
Launchverb
utter (criticism or a threat) vehemently
Launchverb
start or set in motion (an activity or enterprise)
Launchverb
introduce (a new product or publication) to the public for the first time
Launchnoun
an act or instance of launching something
Launchnoun
an occasion at which a new product or publication is introduced to the public
Launchnoun
a large motorboat, used especially for short trips
Launchnoun
the largest boat carried on an armed sailing ship.
