Fruition vs Dreamware - What's the difference?
fruition | dreamware |
(rare) Things dreamed of; fictions or fantasies.
* 1901 , Paulist Fathers, Catholic World
* 1994 , William Corbett, Philip Guston's late work
* 2008 , Skip Moen, Spiritual Restoration
(computing, rare) Speculative software products that may never reach fruition; vapourware.
* 1989 , Visual Resources Association, Bulletin
* 1989 , Information Access Company, Datamation
* 1999 , Jessica Keyes, Internet Management
As nouns the difference between fruition and dreamware
is that fruition is the fulfillment of something worked for or fruition can be the condition of bearing fruit while dreamware is (rare) things dreamed of; fictions or fantasies.fruition
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Etymology 2
Erroneously from (fruit) (though now standard usage)dreamware
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Noun
(-)- No use talking, I'm an unpractical, useless dealer in dreamware ; a metaphysician who don't know how to fry an egg...
- The painting could serve as a sign over a shop selling dreamware . Legend erases the line between conscious and unconscious.
- So much of our contemporary theological dreamware is about escape. We long for heaven. We fix our eyes on the other world. We want out!
- ...the author is surprised to find so few imaging projects actually using CD-ROM. He attributes this to the "wait and see" attitude of potential users who are holding out for new "dreamware" products which do not exist yet.
- Independently pursuing his interest in metasoftware, Vinci has defined several basic modules and created some actual models of his dreamware .
- You could create problems for your company if you downplay current products and hype the dreamware that may never become reality.