Pear vs Plum - What's the difference?
pear | plum |
An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.
(also'' pear tree ) A type of fruit tree (''Pyrus communis ).
The wood of the pear tree.
Choke pear (a torture device).
The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica , often of a dark red or purple colour.
The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica .
A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.
A desirable thing.
A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling, or a person possessing it.
A raisin, when used in a pudding or cake.
(pejorative) A fool, idiot.
(slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species sharing '' with ''Prunus domestica including, among others:
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## Prunus mume , an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume.
The stone-fruit trees which bear these fruits.
The fruits of many unrelated trees and shrubs with fruit perceived to resemble plums
The trees and shrubs bearing those fruits
(comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.
(not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
Completely; utterly.
(mining) To plumb.
As nouns the difference between pear and plum
is that pear is an edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem while plum is feather.pear
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* alligator pear * anchovy-pear * apple-pear * apples and pears * Asian pear * avocado pear * balsam pear * butter-pear * cactus pear * Callery pear * Chinese pear, Chinese white pear * choke-pear * European pear * garlic pear * grape pear * greening-pear * hard pear * Japanese pear * Korean pear * Le Conte pear * Malvern pear * Moorcroft pear * Nashi pear * pear-apple * pear blight * pear drop * pear-encrinite * pear-gauge * pear-haw * pear leaf blister mite * pear leaf blister moth * pear leaf-curling midge, pear leaf midge * pear-louse * pear midge * pearmonger * pear orchard * pear oyster scale * pear-plum * pear psylla * pear-quince * pear-shaped * pear-shell * pear-slug * pear-sucker * pear-thorn * pear thrips * pear tree * pear-wise * pear-withe * pear-wood * peary * perry * prickly pear * sand Pear * snow pear * sugar-pear * snowy pear * Stinking Bishop pear * strawberry pear * Taiwan pear * vegetable pear * vine-pear * wax pear * willowleaf pear, willow-leafed pear * wooden pear * Ya PearAnagrams
* ----plum
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(wikipedia plum)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Cognate with German Pflaume, Dutch pruim. Compare pruneNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (tree) plum tree, plumtree * umeDerived terms
* American black plum * Assyrian plum * Australian plum * Brazilian plum * Canada plum * Darling plum * East Indian plum * Guinea plum * Indian plum * Jamaica plum * Japanese plum * Japan plum * Morocco plum * Natal plum * Orleans plum * Port Arthur plum * Queensland plum * Satsuma plum * Spanish plum * Tasmanian plum * Victoria plum * yellow Spanish plum * apple-plum * beach plum, beach-plum * black plum of Illawarra * blood plum * bullace plum * cherry plum * chickasaw plum * cocoa plum, coco plum, cocoplum * damascene plum, damask plum, damson plum * date plum, date-plum * dried plum * gingerbread plum * golden plum * gopher plum * gray plum, grey plum * ground plum * hog-plum * horse-plum * leaf curling plum aphid * marmalade plum * mirabelle plum * mountain plum * muscle plum * mussel plum * myrobalan plum, myrobella plum * olive-plum * partridge plum * pear-plum * persimmon-plum * pigeon-plum * plum blossom * plum brandy * plum curculio * plum peach * plum pox * plum pudding, plum-pudding * plum rains * plum sauce * plum tomato * plum tree * plum weevil * plum wine * plum-bird, plum bird * plum-blossom * plum-broth * plum-budder, plum budder * plum-cake * plum-color, plum-colour * plum-colored, plum-coloured * plumcot * plum-damas, plumdamas, plum-damis * plum-dough, plum-duff * plum-fir * plum-gouger, plum gouger * plum-in-the-mouth * plumless * plummy * plum-pie * plum-pockets * plum-porridge * plum-pottage * plumrock * plum-stone * pluot * sapodilla plum * sebesten plum * slugplum * sugar plum, sugar-plum, sugarplum * tamarind plum * the bloom of the plum, the blue of the plum * urucuri plum * wheat-plum * wild plum * yellow plum * yellowgage plumAdjective
(more)- She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm.
See also
* briolette * damson * greengage * mirabelle * myrobalan * prune * sapote * slivovitz * sloe * umeboshi * umesu *Etymology 2
Phonetically based spelling of (plumb)Adverb
(-)- You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.
