blossom into vs bloom into vs grow into

[Majid72]

Hello

would you please tell me if all the following sentences are O.K? If so,

which one is more common?and what's the difference among them?

-She's blossomed into an utterly beautiful creature..
-She's bloomed into an utterly beautiful creature.
-She's changed into an utterly beautiful creature.
-She's turned into an utterly beautiful creature.
-She's grown into an utterly beautiful creature.

Thanks a lot.

[Skrej]

Hello, Majid.

All of your sentences are fine as written. The overall meaning is very much the same, with only some subtle differences.

'blossomed' and 'bloomed' have a more poetic sense to them, whereas 'changed', 'turned', and 'grown' are more literal.

'Blossomed', 'bloomed', and 'grown' also have more of a sense of a slow, gradual movement from unattractive to attractive, whereas 'changed' and 'turned' (especially 'turned') indicate a more rapid, sudden difference.

To me, 'changed' and 'turned' indicate more of a change of surface features, whereas the organic verbs blossom, bloom, and grow indicate more of an internal change enveloping both external beauty but an internal character value, also.

'Turned' and 'grown' are more clinical terms that I find slightly at odds with the more lyrical 'utterly'.

In terms of which is more common, I suspect that 'blossomed' and 'bloomed' are used less, simply because people tend not write with such (pardon the pun) flowery language, unless specifically writing poetry or for other creative, expressive purposes.
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[Alan]

Hi Majid,

In all honesty I'm not really happy with 'bloomed into' in one of your sentences. To my mind 'blossomed into' in this type of imagery is preferable. 'Bloom' is often used on its own when referring to people who are in very good health.

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