Difference between Fruit and Yield

What is the difference between Fruit and Yield?

Fruit as a verb is to produce fruit. while Yield as a verb is to give way; to allow another to pass first.

Fruit

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To produce fruit.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization. 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. A positive end result or reward of labour or effort. Offspring from a sexual union. A homosexual or effeminate man.

Example sentence: Dragon fruit is very subtle, very delicate. So you want to be careful not to kill it with things that have very strong flavor.

Yield

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A product; the quantity of something produced

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To give way; to allow another to pass first.To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.To produce as return, as from an investment.The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.To produce as a result.

Example sentence: Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

We hope you now know whether to use Fruit or Yield in your sentence.

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