Proliferous vs Fertile - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between proliferous and fertile

is that proliferous is producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative while fertile is capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative

(botany) producing many buds or offshoots from leaves or flowers

(zoology) reproducing by budding

(en adjective)

(of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive

(biology) capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful

(biology) capable of developing past the egg stage

(of an imagination etc) productive or prolific

* See also

* barren * infertile

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