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Pineapple vs Kiwi - What's the difference?

pineapple | kiwi |

As nouns the difference between pineapple and kiwi

is that pineapple is a tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem while kiwi is a flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.

As an adjective Kiwi is

of or from New Zealand.

pineapple

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tropical plant, Ananas comosus , native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
  • The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
  • (slang) A hand grenade.
  • (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.
  • A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.
  • Synonyms

    * (plant) ananas, pineapple plant * (fruit) ananas * (hand grenade) grenade, hand grenade

    Derived terms

    * crazy pineapple * pineapple bomb * pineapple bun * pineapple chunks * pineapple cloth * Pineapple Express * pineapple fiber, pineapple fibre * pineapple flower * pineapple grenade * pineapple guava * Pineapple Island * pineapple jelly * pineapple juice * pineapple kernel * pineapple mint * pineapple nut * pineapple plant * pineapple potato * (Pineapple Primary) * pineapple rum * pineapple sage * pineapple seed * pineapple shawl * pineapple strawberry * pineapple test * pineapple tree * pineapple verbena * pineapple weed * pineapple wine * twisted pineapple

    kiwi

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
  • (person from New Zealand).
  • A New Zealand dollar.
  • A kiwi fruit.
  • Usage notes

    * When used to describe people, Kiwi is usually capitalised. * The plural is usually kiwis''; sometimes, ''kiwi is found as an (invariant) plural form.

    Synonyms

    * (kiwi fruit) Chinese gooseberry (dated), kiwi fruit

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