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Harvest vs Ingathering - What's the difference?

harvest | ingathering |

As nouns the difference between harvest and ingathering

is that harvest is the third season of the year; autumn; fall while ingathering is the gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest.

As verbs the difference between harvest and ingathering

is that harvest is to bring in a harvest; reap; glean while ingathering is present participle of lang=en.

harvest

English

(wikipedia harvest)

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l), (l) (dialectal)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
  • The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
  • The process of harvesting, gathering the ripened crop.
  • The yield of harvesting, i.e. the gathered crops or fruits.
    • This year's cotton harvest''' was great but the corn '''harvest was disastrous.
  • * 1911 , (Jack London), The Whale Tooth
  • *:The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest' of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the ' harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.
  • * Shakespeare
    • To glean the broken ears after the man / That the main harvest reaps.
  • (by extension) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
  • * Fuller
    • The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.
  • * Wordsworth
    • the harvest of a quiet eye
  • (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=20 citation , passage=Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.}}

    Synonyms

    * (season of the year) autumn, fall * (horti- or agricultural yield) crop

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
  • To be occupied bringing in a harvest
    • ''Harvesting is a stressing, thirsty occupation
  • To win, achieve a gain.
    • ''The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21

    Derived terms

    * harvestable * harvestability * harvester * harvest bug * harvest fish * harvest fly * harvest home * harvest louse * harvestman * harvest mite * harvest moon * harvest mouse * harvest queen * harvest spider * harvest time

    ingathering

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1882, author=Henry Kendall, title=The Poems of Henry Kendall, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=And, across the gleaming beaches, lo! the mighty flow and fall Of the great ingathering waters thundering under Wamberal! }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1886, author=Thomas Hardy, title=The Mayor of Casterbridge, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=From that day and hour it was clear that there was not to be so successful an ingathering after all. }}
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1920, author=Emile Joseph Dillon, title=The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The peasant obtained also the seed, but this he was obliged to return to the state after the ingathering of the harvest. }}
  • :* {{quote-news, year=1994, date=July 1, author=Adam Langer, title=The Last Days of the House of David, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Not until the ingathering are we talking about Eden.}}
  • :* {{quote-news
    • , date=2012-01-03 , first= , last= , author=Ralph Benko , authorlink= , coauthors= , title=Daniel Yergin's The Quest , newspaper=Forbes , city= , publisher= , quotee= citation , page= , passage=... infuses a rich ingathering of information and analysis with the narrative power of a McMurtry, ... }}