| Fruits | Vegetables |
| 1. Fruit plants are generally perennials, except; Strawberry, gooseberry, etc. | 1. Most vegetables are annuals. |
| 2. Fruit plants are generally asexually propagated. | 2. Mostly sexually propagated. |
| 3. They require special practices like training, pruning, etc. | 3. Cultivation is seasonal and special techniques like pruning, training, etc. are generally not required. |
| 4. Plants are generally are woody. | 4. Plants are generally non-woody. |
| 5. Only fruits are edible, but sometimes false fruit (e.g. fleshy thalamus of apple) also edible. | 5. All parts of the plants are edible. |
| 6. Generally, fruits are consumed as raw materials. | 6. Generally, vegetables are consumed as after cooking. |
