| ▲ | TonyStr a day ago | |
Depends if you're using the botanical definition or the (more common) culinary definition[0]. I would argue fruit and fruit are two words, one created semasiologically and the other created onomasiologically. Had we chosen a different pronunciation for one of those words, there would be no confusion about what fruits are. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit#Botanical_vs._culinary | ||
| ▲ | D-Machine 12 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Yup. Though rather than say "fruit and fruit" are two words, or focusing on "definitions" (which tend to morph over time anyway), I think the more straightforward and typical approach is to just recognize that the same word can have different meanings in different contexts. This is such a basic and universal part of language, it is a mystery to me why something so transparently clueless as "actually, tomato is a fruit" persists. | ||