Harvest vs Obtain - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between harvest and obtain

is that harvest is to win, achieve a gain while obtain is to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.

As verbs the difference between harvest and obtain

is that harvest is to bring in a harvest; reap; glean while obtain is to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.

As a noun harvest

is the third season of the year; autumn; fall.

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

obtain

English

Verb

(en verb)

To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Luke XVIII:

And a certayne ruler axed him: sayinge: Goode Master: what ought I to do, to obtaine eternall lyfe?

* 1814 , (Jane Austen), (Mansfield Park) :

Julia was quite as eager for novelty and pleasure as Maria, though she might not have struggled through so much to obtain them, and could better bear a subordinate situation.

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(obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.

* 1722 , (Daniel Defoe), (Colonel Jack) :

he was condemned to die for the felony, and being so well known for an old offender, had certainly died, but the merchant, upon his earnest application, had obtained that he should be transported, on condition that he restored all the rest of his bills, which he had done accordingly.

(obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.

* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.2:

“O daughter deare!” (said she) “despeire no whit; / For never sore but might a salve obtain [...].”

* 1701 , (Jonathan Swift), Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome :

This, though it failed at present, yet afterward obtained , and was a mighty step to the ruin of the commonwealth.

(obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.

* 1671 , (John Milton), (Paradise Regained) , Book I:

His mother then is mortal, but his Sire / He who obtains the monarchy of Heav'n, / And what will he not do to advance his Son?

To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.

* 1908 , (Jack London), (The Iron Heel) , ,

Even though the Pervaise confession had never come to light, no reasonable doubt could obtain ; for the act in question was on a par with countless other acts committed by the oligarchs, and, before them, by the capitalists.

* 1992 , (Neal Stephenson), (Snow Crash) , Bantam Spectra, p. 460,

But the hostage situation no longer obtains , and so Uncle Enzo feels it important to stop Rife now,