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Lettuce vs Tomato - What's the difference?

lettuce | tomato |

As nouns the difference between lettuce and tomato

is that lettuce is an edible plant, lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves while tomato is tomato.

lettuce

English

(wikipedia lettuce)

Noun

  • An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
  • (uncountable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
    • I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.
  • (uncountable, US, slang) United States paper currency; dollars.

    • Synonyms

    * (US paper currency) cabbage, greenbacks

    Derived terms

    * lettuce leaf * lettuce opium * lettucey, lettucy * sea lettuce

    See also

    * cabbage

    tomato

    English

    (wikipedia tomato)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum , having edible fruit
  • The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture
  • * Note: The US Supreme Court in Nix v. Hedden (1893) ruled that a tomato is a vegetable.
  • A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
  • (slang) A desirable-looking woman.
    • Lookit the legs on that hot tomato !
  • (slang) A stupid act or person.

    • Synonyms

    * * (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    {{der3, beef tomato , cherry tomato , plum tomato , tomato can , tomato juice , tomato paste , , tomato sauce , tomato soup , }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to pelt with tomatoes
  • to add tomatoes to (a dish)
    • English nouns with irregular plurals ----