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Fruitful vs Procreative - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between fruitful and procreative

is that fruitful is favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren while procreative is having the power to beget; generative.

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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    procreative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the power to beget; generative.
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