Harvest vs Treasure - What's the difference?
harvest | treasure |
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.
* 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
(by extension) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
* Fuller
* Wordsworth
(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 To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
To be occupied bringing in a harvest
To win, achieve a gain.
(uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island) Chapter 20
(countable) Anything greatly valued.
* Bible, Exodus xix. 5
* 1681 , (Nahum Tate), (The History of King Lear)
* 1946 , (Ernest Tubb), Filipino Baby
(countable)
* 1922 , (Francis Rufus Bellamy), A Flash of Gold
(of a person or thing) To consider to be precious.
* 19th century , (Eliza Cook),
To store or stow in a safe place.
* 1825 , (Walter Scott),
In lang=en terms the difference between harvest and treasure
is that harvest is to win, achieve a gain while treasure is to store or stow in a safe place.As nouns the difference between harvest and treasure
is that harvest is the third season of the year; autumn; fall while treasure is (uncountable) a collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.As verbs the difference between harvest and treasure
is that harvest is to bring in a harvest; reap; glean while treasure is (of a person or thing) to consider to be precious.harvest
English
(wikipedia harvest)Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l), (l) (dialectal)Noun
(en noun)- This year's cotton harvest''' was great but the corn '''harvest was disastrous.
- To glean the broken ears after the man / That the main harvest reaps.
- The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.
- the harvest of a quiet eye
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) cropVerb
(en verb)- ''Harvesting is a stressing, thirsty occupation
- ''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 timetreasure
English
Alternative forms
* treasuer (chiefly archaic)Noun
- "Now," resumed Silver, "here it is. You give us the chart to get the treasure' by, and drop shooting poor seamen and stoving of their heads in while asleep. You do that, and we'll offer you a choice. Either you come aboard along of us, once the ' treasure shipped, and then I'll give you my affy-davy, upon my word of honour, to clap you somewhere safe ashore.
- Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.
- I found the whole to answer your Account of it, a Heap of Jewels, unstrung and unpolisht; yet so dazling in their Disorder, that I soon perceiv'd I had seiz'd a Treasure .
- She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet
- Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet
- "Hello, Treasure ," he said without turning round. For a second she hesitated, standing in the soft light of the lamp, the deep blue of the rug making a background for her, the black fur collar of her coat framing the vivid beauty of her face.
Verb
(treasur)- Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever.
- I LOVE it, I love it ; and who shall dare
- To chide me for loving that old Arm-chair ?
- I've treasured it long as a sainted prize ;
- I've bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs.
- The rose-buds, withered as they were, were still treasured under his cuirass, and nearest to his heart.