Fertile vs Fat - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
- excess bodily weight
Definition as Adjective
- having an (over)abundance of flesh
- having a relatively large diameter
- containing or composed of fat
- marked by great fruitfulness
- lucrative
Definition as Adjective
- capable of reproducing
- marked by great fruitfulness
- intellectually productive
- bearing in abundance especially offspring
Examples
- "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
- "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
- "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
- "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job"
- "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
- "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
- "We will plump out that poor starving child"
- "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
- "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"
- "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"