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Fulfilling vs Fruitful - What's the difference?

fulfilling | fruitful |

As adjectives the difference between fulfilling and fruitful

is that fulfilling is which causes fulfillment; emotionally or artistically satisfying while fruitful is favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren.

As a verb fulfilling

is present participle of lang=en.

fulfilling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Which causes fulfillment; emotionally or artistically satisfying.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * self-fulfilling

    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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