fallow vs tillage
tillage vs fallowfallow and tillage both are nouns.
fallow is an adjective but tillage is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fallow | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| tillage | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
tillage is a hypernym of
fallow; that is, tillage is a
word with a broader meaning than fallow:
- fallow: cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
- tillage: arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
Other hypernyms of fallow include
cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tilled land, tilth.
| fallow (noun) | tillage (noun) |
|---|---|
| cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons | the cultivation of soil for raising crops |
| arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops |
| fallow (adjective) | tillage (adjective) |
|---|---|
| undeveloped but potentially useful | |
| left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season |
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