Fruit vs Nuts - What's the difference?
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(botany) The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
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.
An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or advantageous result.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Isaiah iii. 10
* Macaulay
Offspring from a sexual union.
* Shakespeare
(colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual or effeminate man.
(vulgar, slang) Testicles.
(poker) A hand that can be proven unbeatable even when the hand's holder does not know any of the hidden cards the other poker players involved in a hand hold or held.
(colloquial) Insane, mad.
(colloquial, figuratively) Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.
Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.
Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it,'' ''no way,'' or ''nothing doing .
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As nouns the difference between fruit and nuts
is that fruit is the seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization while nuts is plural of lang=en.As verbs the difference between fruit and nuts
is that fruit is to produce fruit while nuts is third-person singular of nut.As an adjective nuts is
insane, mad.As an interjection nuts is
indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.fruit
English
(wikipedia fruit)Noun
(see for discussion of plural )- While cucumber is technically a fruit , one would not usually use it to make jam.
- Fruit salad is a simple way of making fruits into a dessert.
- His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
- the fruit of rashness
- They shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- The fruits of this education became visible.
- The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.
- King Edward's fruit , true heir to the English crown
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 fruitSee also
* for a list of fruitsExternal links
* (Fruit) * (List of fruits) 1000 English basic words ----nuts
English
Noun
(head) (p)- Ohhh, he just got kicked in the nuts!
Adjective
(en adjective)- After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts .
- I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts.
- The referee made a bad call against the home team and the crowd went nuts .
Synonyms
* nutty * See alsoInterjection
(en interjection)- Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say.
