Difference between Harvest and Crop

What is the difference between Harvest and Crop?

Harvest as a noun is the process of harvesting, gathering the ripened crop. while Crop as a noun is a plant, especially a cereal, grown for food.

Harvest

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The process of harvesting, gathering the ripened crop. The yield of harvesting, i.e. the gathered, cut ... fruits of horti- or agri-culture (usually a food - or industrial crop) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward. A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To bring in a harvest; reap; glean. To be occupied bringing in a harvest To win, achieve a gain.

Example sentence: With the advent of spring and beginning of the new harvest season the creators of abundance, our peasants, come out to the fields to sow with good aspirations and hopes.

Crop

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.To remove the outer parts of a photography or image in order to frame the subject better.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A plant, especially a cereal, grown for food.The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.A group, cluster or collection of things occuring at the same time.The lashing end of a whipAn entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.A rocky outcrop.The act of cropping.A short haircut.A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion, or for regurgitation; a craw.The foliate part of a finial.The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.

Example sentence: Cameras can look down from on high and predict crop yields, traffic in Walmart parking lots, and travel patterns on Labor Day weekend. On the ground, they form the foundation of autonomous-driving systems.

We hope you now know whether to use Harvest or Crop in your sentence.

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