Fruit vs Outcome - 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.
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Offspring from a sexual union.
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(colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual or effeminate man.
Information, event, object or state of being produced as a result or consequence of a plan, process, accident, effort or other similar action or occurrence.
A positive result or consequence.
(probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.
(education) The results or evidence of students' learning experience. Often used in place of desired outcomes .
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Fruit is a synonym of outcome.
As nouns the difference between fruit and outcome
is that fruit is (botany) the seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization while outcome is information, event, object or state of being produced as a result or consequence of a plan, process, accident, effort or other similar action or occurrence.As a verb fruit
is to produce fruit.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 ----outcome
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Noun
(en noun)- A quality automobile is the outcome of the work of skilled engineers and thousands of workers.
- Three is a possible outcome of tossing a six-sided die.
- The outcomes of this course are outlined in your syllabus.
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