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As nouns the difference between animal and fruit

is that animal is in scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants) while fruit is (botany) the seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.

As an adjective animal

is of or relating to animals.

As a verb fruit is

to produce fruit.

animal

English

(wikipedia animal)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), a nominal use of an adjective from (m), neuter of (m), from ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
  • In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human being.
  • In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not birds, fishes, insects etc.).
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
  • (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
  • (informal) A person of a particular type.
    • Synonyms
    * (organism) beast, creature * (non-human organism) beast * (person who behaves wildly) brute, monster, savage
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Related terms
    * anima * animus * animate * Animalia

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) animalis, from either or animus. Originally distinct from the noun, it became associated with attributive use of the noun and is now indistinguishable from it.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to animals.
    • animal instincts
  • Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
    • animal passions
  • Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
  • * 2003', To explain what activated the flesh, ‘'''animal spirits’ were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion. — Roy Porter, ''Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 47)
  • (slang, Ireland) Excellent.
    • Synonyms
    * (of animals) beastly, bestial * (unhindered by social codes) animalistic, beastly, bestial, untamed, wild
    Derived terms
    {{der3, animalistic , animal liberation , animal magnetism , manimal}}

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

    * * * * * * ----

    fruit

    English

    (wikipedia fruit)

    Noun

    (see for discussion of plural )
  • (botany) The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
    • While cucumber is technically a fruit , one would not usually use it to make jam.
  • Any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit.
    • Fruit salad is a simple way of making fruits into a dessert.
  • An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or advantageous result.
    • His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
  • * Shakespeare
    • the fruit of rashness
  • * Bible, Isaiah iii. 10
    • They shall eat the fruit of their doings.
  • * Macaulay
    • The fruits of this education became visible.
  • Offspring from a sexual union.
    • The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.
  • * Shakespeare
    • King Edward's fruit , true heir to the English crown
  • (colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual or effeminate man.

    • Usage notes

    * In the botanical and figurative senses, is usually treated as uncountable: *: a bowl of fruit'''''; ''eat plenty of '''fruit'''''; ''the tree provides '''fruit . * is also sometimes used as the plural in the botanical sense: *: berries, achenes, and nuts are all fruits'''''; ''the '''fruits of this plant split into two parts. * When is often used as a singulative. * In senses other than the botanical or figurative ones derived from the botanical sense, the plural is fruits. * The culinary sense often does not cover true fruits that are savoury or used chiefly in savoury foods, such as tomatoes and peas. These are normally described simply as vegetables.

    Derived terms

    * bear fruit * fruitcake * fruit cocktail * fruit of one's loins * * fruit of the union * fruitage * fruitarian * fruitful * fruitless * fruit salad * fruit tree * fruity * grapefruit * jackfruit * passion fruit * Sharon fruit * star fruit, starfruit * stone fruit

    Related terms

    * frugivore * frugivorous

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce fruit.

    • See also

    * for a list of fruits

    External links

    * (Fruit) * (List of fruits) 1000 English basic words ----