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Fruitful vs Fruity - What's the difference?

fruitful | fruity |

As adjectives the difference between fruitful and fruity

is that fruitful is favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren while fruity is containing fruit or fruit flavoring.

fruitful

English

Alternative forms

* fruitfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren.
  • Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.
    • The extra work in the office turned out to be fruitful after all - I got promoted

    Quotations

    * Genesis, I, 22 *: And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful , and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * unfruitful * barren * infertile

    Related terms

    * fruitfully * fruitfulness

    References

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    fruity

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • containing fruit or fruit flavoring
  • similar to fruit or tasting of fruit
  • (informal) mad, crazy
  • (informal, derogatory, LGBT, of a male) effeminate or otherwise flamboyant or homosexual

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * fruitiness