fruit vs spike

fruit and spike both are nouns.

fruit and spike both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fruit	Yes	No	Yes	No
spike	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, spike is a hyponym of fruit; that is, spike is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fruit:

fruit: the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
spike: fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

Other hyponyms of fruit include edible fruit, juniper berry, May apple, achene, gourd, prairie gourd, blue fig, quandong, acorn, olive, hip, rose hip, rosehip, wild cherry, marasca, hagberry, chokecherry, rowanberry, buffalo nut, elk nut, oil nut, capitulum, ear, fruitlet, seed, berry, aggregate fruit, multiple fruit, syncarp, drupe, stone fruit, false fruit, pome, pod, seedpod, pyxidium, pyxis, accessory fruit, pseudocarp, buckthorn berry, yellow berry, cubeb, schizocarp.

fruit (noun)	spike (noun)
an amount of a product	sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
the consequence of some effort or action	a large stout nail
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant	any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
	a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
	a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
	a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
	each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
	a transient variation in voltage or current
	a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
	(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
	fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

fruit (verb)	spike (verb)
bear fruit	add alcohol to (beverages)
cause to bear fruit	bring forth a spike or spikes
	manifest a sharp increase
	pierce with a sharp stake or point
	secure with spikes
	stand in the way of

Difference between fruit and spike

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