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Vineyard vs Grapevine - What's the difference?

vineyard | grapevine |

As nouns the difference between vineyard and grapevine

is that vineyard is a grape plantation while grapevine is the plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

vineyard

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A grape plantation.
    • The vineyard of Château Margaux stands as the producer of one of the world's greatest and most sought-after red wines.

    Derived terms

    * envineyard * Martha's Vineyard * vineyarded * vineyarding * vineyardist * vineyard leek * vineyard seating * vineyard sprayer's lung

    grapevine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The plant, a vine of genus Vitis , on which grapes grow.
  • :
  • A rumor.
  • An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
  • :
  • *
  • *:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
  • (lb) A move in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other, while both remaining on the ice or ground, incorporating half-turns.

    • Synonyms

    * (informal person-to-person means of circulating information) bush telegraph, jungle telegraph, rumor mill

    Derived terms

    * grapevine knot * grapevine moth * grapevine weevil * hear something through the grapevine