Plum vs Wine - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between plum and wine

is that plum is the edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour while wine is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes.

As verbs the difference between plum and wine

is that plum is to plumb while wine is to entertain with wine.

As an adjective plum

is of a dark bluish-red colour.

As an adverb plum

is completely; utterly.

plum

English

(wikipedia plum)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Cognate with German Pflaume, Dutch pruim. Compare prune

Noun

(en noun)

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:

## Prunus cerasifera , the cherry plum or myrobalan

## Prunus spinosa , the sloe

# North American plums

# (better known as apricots)

## 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

Synonyms

* (tree) plum tree, plumtree * ume

Derived 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 plum

Adjective

(more)

(comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.

(not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred.

She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm.

Etymology 2

Phonetically based spelling of (plumb)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Plumb

Adverb

(-)

Completely; utterly.

You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.

Verb

(plumm)

(mining) To plumb.

Anagrams

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wine

English

(wikipedia wine)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages'', s.v. “v?num” (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 680.J.P. Mallory and D.Q. Adams, ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. “wine” (London: Fritzroy Dearborn, 1997), 644.

Noun

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes.

Wine is stronger than beer.

She ordered some wine for the meal.

* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:

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An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable; for example, "dandelion wine".

(countable) A serving of wine.

I'd like three beers and two wines , please.

(uncountable) A dark purplish red colour; the colour of red wine.

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* Adam's wine * barley wine * blush wine * bottle of wine * bread and wine * dessert wine * fortified wine * ginger wine * good wine needs no bush * house wine * ice wine * jug wine * May wine * palm wine * palm wine guitar * pop wine * port-wine stain * put new wine in old bottles * red wine * * sparkling wine * spirits of wine * straw wine * table wine * white wine * wine and dine * wine bar * wine bottle * wine cellar * wine cooler * wine gallon * wine glass * wine grower * wine growing * wine list * wine palm * wine vinegar * wine waiter * * winebery * winebibber * winebibbing * winebottle * wine-coloured * wineery * wineglass * winegrower * wine-press * wineskin * winetaster * winetasting * winy * yellow wine

Verb

(win)

To entertain with wine.

* 1919 , Lee Meriwether, The War Diary of a Diplomat , Dodd, Mead and Company, page 159:

Neither Major Wadhams nor I is accustomed to being wined and dined by perfect strangers who do not even present themselves, but leave servants to do the honors, consequently to both of us our present situation smacks of romance and adventure;

To drink wine.

* 1839 , Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Clockmaker

I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined , and went to bed sobbing.

References

Etymology 2

Noun

(-)

(nonstandard, British) wind

* 1850 , James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century :

Vor voices rawze upon tha wine

* 1869 , James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire :

Aw how sholl I tell o’m—vor âll pirty maidens

*:: When I pass’d ’em look’d back—ther smill rawze on tha wine .

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