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Production vs Fruit - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between production and fruit

is that production is the act of producing, making or creating something while fruit is the seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.

As a verb fruit is

to produce fruit.

production

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of producing, making or creating something.
    • The widget making machine is being used for production now.
  • The act of bringing something forward, out etc. for use or consideration.
  • * 1910 , , "The Lost Sanjak", Reginald in Russia :
    • I tramped to a neighbouring market-town, and, late as the hour was, the production of a few shillings procured me supper and a night's lodging in a cheap coffee-house.
  • the act of being produced
    • The widgets are coming out of production now.
  • the total amount produced
    • They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
  • the presentation of a theatrical work
    • We went to a production of Hamlet.
  • an occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary
    • He made a simple meal into a huge production .
  • that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model)
    • This is the final production model.
  • The act of lengthening out or prolonging.

    • Derived terms

    * production line

    fruit

    English

    (wikipedia fruit)

    Noun

    (see for discussion of plural )
  • (botany) The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
    • While cucumber is technically a fruit , one would not usually use it to make jam.
  • Any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit.
    • Fruit salad is a simple way of making fruits into a dessert.
  • An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or advantageous result.
    • His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
  • * Shakespeare
    • the fruit of rashness
  • * Bible, Isaiah iii. 10
    • They shall eat the fruit of their doings.
  • * Macaulay
    • The fruits of this education became visible.
  • Offspring from a sexual union.
    • The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.
  • * Shakespeare
    • King Edward's fruit , true heir to the English crown
  • (colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual or effeminate man.

    • Usage notes

    * In the botanical and figurative senses, is usually treated as uncountable: *: a bowl of fruit'''''; ''eat plenty of '''fruit'''''; ''the tree provides '''fruit . * is also sometimes used as the plural in the botanical sense: *: berries, achenes, and nuts are all fruits'''''; ''the '''fruits of this plant split into two parts. * When is often used as a singulative. * In senses other than the botanical or figurative ones derived from the botanical sense, the plural is fruits. * The culinary sense often does not cover true fruits that are savoury or used chiefly in savoury foods, such as tomatoes and peas. These are normally described simply as vegetables.

    Derived terms

    * bear fruit * fruitcake * fruit cocktail * fruit of one's loins * * fruit of the union * fruitage * fruitarian * fruitful * fruitless * fruit salad * fruit tree * fruity * grapefruit * jackfruit * passion fruit * Sharon fruit * star fruit, starfruit * stone fruit

    Related terms

    * frugivore * frugivorous

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce fruit.

    • See also

    * for a list of fruits

    External links

    * (Fruit) * (List of fruits) 1000 English basic words ----