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Fruitful vs Infructuous - What's the difference?

fruitful | infructuous |

As adjectives the difference between fruitful and infructuous

is that fruitful is favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren while infructuous is (pakistan and india only; of a project etc ) not fruitful.

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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    infructuous

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (Pakistan and India only; of a project etc ) not fruitful