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Strawberry vs Cherry - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between strawberry and cherry

is that strawberry is something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise or birthmark while cherry is virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.

As nouns the difference between strawberry and cherry

is that strawberry is the juicy, usually red, edible fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria while cherry is a small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.

As adjectives the difference between strawberry and cherry

is that strawberry is containing or having the flavor of strawberries while cherry is containing or having the taste of cherries.

As a proper noun Cherry is

{{given name|female|from=English}}, a pet form of Charity, also interpreted as a flower name.

strawberry

English

Noun

  • The juicy, usually red, edible fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria .
  • They went to pick strawberries today.
  • Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit).
  • She has the best strawberry patch I've ever seen.
  • (colour) A dark pinkish red colour, like that of the fruit; strawberry red.
  • (rare) Something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise or birthmark.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.
  • I'd like a large strawberry shake.
  • Flavored with ethyl methylphenylglycidate, an artificial compound which is said to resemble the taste of strawberries.
  • Of a red colour.
  • The strawberry lipstick makes her look younger.

    Derived terms

    * strawberry aldehyde * strawberry blonde * strawberry bush * strawberry mark * strawberry roan * strawberry shrub * strawberry tomato * strawberry tree * wild strawberry

    See also

    * * (wikipedia "strawberry")

    cherry

    English

    Noun

    (cherries)
  • A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
  • , trees or shrubs that bears cherries.
  • The wood of a cherry tree.
  • Cherry red.
  • (slang) Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
  • * 2004 , Nick Wright, Treading Ground #47 – Throwback
  • In any case it’s ironic, considering there hasn’t been a cherry in the white house since Chelsea Clinton'' was ''fourteen .
  • (graph theory) A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.
  • * 2004 , Suleyman Cenk Sahinalp, S Muthukrishnan, Ugur Dogrusoz, Combinatorial Pattern Matching
  • Non-isomorphism is detected whenever the algorithm finds a cherry v_1 \in T_1
  • * 2005 , Lior Pachter, Bernd Sturmfels, Algebraic Statistics for Computational Biology
  • Step 3: Output the tree T. The edge lengths of T are determined recursively: If (x,y) is a cherry connected to node z as in Step 2…
  • (label) A cricket ball.
  • * 2000 , Woorkheri Raman, Indians adopt safety first tactics, ESPNcricinfo:
  • The Indians have to get early wickets on the morrow and they will have the option of taking the new cherry .
  • * 2007 , Ben Dirs, England v West Indies 1st Test, BBC:
  • Players are back out and it's Harmison to have first go with the cherry .

    Usage notes

    Cherry includes, but is not limited to, the following species, of the genus Prunus'': ''Prunus avium'' (wild cherry, mazzard, sweet cherry), ''P. cerasus]]'' (sour cherry), ), and ''[[Prunus virginiana, P. virginiana'' (chokecherry). ''Prunus also includes plums, peaches, apricots, and almonds.

    Hyponyms

    * ) * ) * ) * ) * * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * (l) ( ) * ) * (l) (Prunus avium ) * (l) (Prunus avium'', ''P. serotina

    See also

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing or having the taste of cherries.
  • Of a bright red colour.
  • (informal, often, of cars) In excellent condition; mint condition.
  • * 2003 , John Morgan Wilson, Blind Eye , St. Martin’s Press, ISBN 0312309198, page 108:
  • A few years earlier, I’d restored my ’65 Mustang convertible to cherry condition—fire engine red, with matching tuck-and-roll—and I wasn’t surprised that it drew attention.

    Derived terms

    * African cherry orange () * Barbados cherry () * bird-cherry ermine () * bowl of cherries * cherry currant (Ribes rubrum ) * bladder cherry (Physalis alkekengi ) * bob-cherry * cherry pepper (Capsicum annuum ) * cherry pitter * cherry Bakewell tart * cherry birch (Betula lenta ) * cherry blossom * cherry bomb * cherry brandy * cherry laurel (, {{taxlink, Prunus laurocerasus, species, P. laurocerasus, noshow=1}}) * cherry picker * cherry pie * cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera ) * cherry red * cherry tomato () * cherry-pick * cherrystone * cherrywood * cornelian cherry (, C. mas ) * (Physalis spp. ) * Jerusalem cherry () * maraschino cherry * * winter cherry (, Physalis spp. )

    See also

    * * black birch * Chinese lantern * gean * kirsch * marasca () * morello * myrobalan * oxheart * sweet birch * tomatillo * tommyto

    References