The difference between Crop and Harvest
When used as nouns, crop means a plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose, whereas harvest means the third season of the year.
When used as verbs, crop means to remove the top end of something, especially a plant, whereas harvest means to bring in a harvest.
check bellow for the other definitions of Crop and Harvest
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Crop as a noun (agriculture):
A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
Examples:
"the farmer had lots of crops to sell at the market"
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Crop as a noun:
The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.
Examples:
"it was a good crop that year"
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Crop as a noun:
A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.
Examples:
"a crop of ideas"
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Crop as a noun:
A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease
Examples:
"Like in chicken pox."
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Crop as a noun:
The lashing end of a whip
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Crop as a noun:
An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.
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Crop as a noun:
A rocky outcrop.
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Crop as a noun:
The act of cropping.
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Crop as a noun:
A short haircut.
Examples:
"she kept her hair cropped"
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Crop as a noun (anatomy):
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.
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Crop as a noun (architecture):
The foliate part of a finial.
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Crop as a noun (archaic, or, dialect):
The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.
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Crop as a noun (mining):
Tin ore prepared for smelting.
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Crop as a noun (mining):
Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Crop as a verb (transitive):
To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
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Crop as a verb (transitive):
To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
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Crop as a verb (transitive):
To remove the outer parts of a photograph or image in order to frame the subject better.
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Crop as a verb (intransitive):
To yield harvest.
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Crop as a verb (transitive):
To cause to bear a crop.
Examples:
"to crop a field"
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Harvest as a noun (UK, _, dialectal):
The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
Examples:
"'Harvest is usually very damp and rainy."
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Harvest as a noun:
The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
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Harvest as a noun:
The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
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Harvest as a noun:
The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
Examples:
"This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous."
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Harvest as a noun (by extension):
The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
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Harvest as a noun (paganism):
A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.
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Harvest as a verb (transitive):
To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
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Harvest as a verb (intransitive):
To be occupied bringing in a harvest
Examples:
"Harvesting is a stressing, thirsty occupation"
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Harvest as a verb (transitive):
To win, achieve a gain.
Examples:
"The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21"