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Prune vs Raisin - What's the difference?

prune | raisin |

As nouns the difference between prune and raisin

is that prune is a plum while raisin is a dried grape.

As a verb prune

is to remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.

prune

English

(wikipedia prune)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) prune, from (etyl) , a loanword from a language of Asia Minor.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A plum.
  • The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
  • (slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
    • Synonyms
    * see
    Derived terms
    * German prune * prune tree * pruney * South African prune

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) 'to round-off the front'.

    Verb

    (prun)
  • To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
    • A good grape grower will prune his vines once a year.
  • * Milton
    • Our delightful task / To prune these growing plants, and tend these flowers.
  • (figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
    • to prune a budget, or an essay
  • * Francis Bacon
    • taking into consideration how they [laws] are to be pruned and reformed
  • (obsolete) To preen; to prepare; to dress.
  • * Shakespeare
    • His royal bird / Prunes the immortal wing and cloys his beak.
    (Dryden)
    (Spenser)
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

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    raisin

    English

    (wikipedia raisin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dried grape.

    • Usage notes

    In the USA, raisin refers to any kind of dried grape. In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, raisin' is reserved for the dried large dark grape, with '''sultana''' meaning the dried large white grape, and ' currant meaning the dried small Black Corinth grape.

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