harvest vs yield

yield vs harvest

harvest and yield both are nouns.

harvest and yield both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
harvest	Yes	No	Yes	No
yield	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, yield is a hypernym of harvest; that is, yield is a word with a broader meaning than harvest:

harvest: the yield from plants in a single growing season
yield: production of a certain amount

Other hypernyms of harvest include output.

harvest (noun)	yield (noun)
the season for gathering crops	production of a certain amount
the gathering of a ripened crop	an amount of a product
the consequence of an effort or activity	the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
the yield from plants in a single growing season	the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

harvest (verb)	yield (verb)
remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation	end resistance, as under pressure or force
gather, as of natural products	consent reluctantly
	be willing to concede
	cease opposition; stop fighting
	be flexible under stress of physical force
	give or supply
	cause to happen or be responsible for
	move in order to make room for someone for something
	bring in
	give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
	be the cause or source of
	give in, as to influence or pressure
	be fatally overwhelmed

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