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What is the difference between seed and fruit?

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As nouns the difference between seed and fruit

is that seed is (senseid)(countable) a fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant while fruit is (botany) the seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.

As verbs the difference between seed and fruit

is that seed is to plant or sow an area with seeds while fruit is to produce fruit.

seed

English

Noun

(wikipedia seed)
  • (senseid)(countable) A fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant.
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  • (countable, botany) A fertilized ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
  • (uncountable) An amount of fertilized grain that cannot be readily counted.
  • (uncountable) Semen.
  • (countable) A precursor.
  • (countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
  • # The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
  • The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament.
  • # The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
  • The rookie was a surprising top seed .
  • # Initialization state of a . (seed number)
  • If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers.
  • # Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
  • The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.
  • Offspring, descendants, progeny.
    • the seed of Abraham
  • * 1590 , , II.x:
    • Next him king Leyr in happie peace long raind, / But had no issue male him to succeed, / But three faire daughters, which were well vptraind, / In all that seemed fit for kingly seed
  • Race; generation; birth.
  • * Waller
    • Of mortal seed they were not held.

    Usage notes

    The common use of seed differs from the botanical use. The “seeds” of sunflowers are botanically fruits.

    Derived terms

    * crack seed * go to seed * seedcake * seedling * seed potato * seedy * spill one's seed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To plant or sow an area with seeds.
    • I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.
  • To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • a sable mantle seeded with waking eyes
  • To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
    • A venture capitalist seeds young companies.
    The tournament coordinator will seed the starting lineup with the best competitors from the qualifying round.
    The programmer seeded fresh, uncorrupted data into the database before running unit tests.
  • (sports, games) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
  • To be able to compete (especially in a quarter-final/semi-final/final).
    • The tennis player seeded into the quarters.
  • To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

    • Anagrams

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    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 ----