Harvesting vs Plucking - What's the difference?

harvesting | plucking |


As verbs the difference between harvesting and plucking

is that harvesting is while plucking is .

As nouns the difference between harvesting and plucking

is that harvesting is (agriculture) the gathering of a mature crop, a harvest while plucking is (gerund of pluck) an act in which something is plucked.

harvesting

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (agriculture) The gathering of a mature crop, a harvest.
  • plucking

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked
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