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Fruiting vs Fruition - What's the difference?

fruiting | fruition |

As nouns the difference between fruiting and fruition

is that fruiting is fruiting body while fruition is the fulfillment of something worked for.

As a verb fruiting

is present participle of fruit.

fruiting

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • fruiting body
  • * 2009 , Wilhelm Foissner, ?D. L. Hawksworth, Protist Diversity and Geographical Distribution (page 60)
  • Fruitings can consist of several thousand individual sporocarps.

    fruition

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fulfillment of something worked for.
  • The enjoyment derived from a possession.
  • Etymology 2

    Erroneously from (fruit) (though now standard usage)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The condition of bearing fruit.