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Fruition vs Aftermath - What's the difference?

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Fruition is a related term of aftermath.


As nouns the difference between fruition and aftermath

is that fruition is the fulfillment of something worked for or fruition can be the condition of bearing fruit while aftermath is (obsolete|or farmers' jargon) a second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.

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.
  • aftermath

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
  • That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
  • In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.