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Pear vs Quince - What's the difference?

pear | quince |

Quince is a hyponym of pear.



As nouns the difference between pear and quince

is that pear is an edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem while quince is the pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.

pear

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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).
  • 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 Pear

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    quince

    English

    (wikipedia quince)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga .
  • The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.
  • Derived terms

    * Japan quince * quince curculio

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