Ingathering vs. Harvest

Ingatheringnoun

The gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest

Harvestnoun

The third season of the year; autumn; fall.

‘Harvest is usually very damp and rainy.’;

Ingatheringnoun

The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest.

‘Thou shalt keep . . . the feast of ingathering.’;

Harvestnoun

The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.

Ingatheringnoun

request for a sum of money;

‘an appeal to raise money for starving children’;

Harvestnoun

The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.

Harvestnoun

The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.

‘This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous.’;

Harvestnoun

(by extension) The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.

Harvestnoun

(paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.

Harvestverb

(transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.

Harvestverb

(intransitive) To be occupied bringing in a harvest

‘Harvesting is a stressing, thirsty occupation’;

Harvestverb

(transitive) To win, achieve a gain.

‘The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21’;

Harvestnoun

The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.

‘Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease.’; ‘At harvest, when corn is ripe.’;

Harvestnoun

That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathered; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.

‘Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.’; ‘To glean the broken ears after the manThat the main harvest reaps.’;

Harvestnoun

The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.

‘The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.’; ‘The harvest of a quiet eye.’;

Harvestverb

To reap or gather, as any crop.

Harvestnoun

the yield from plants in a single growing season

Harvestnoun

the consequence of an effort or activity;

‘they gathered a harvest of examples’; ‘a harvest of love’;

Harvestnoun

the gathering of a ripened crop

Harvestnoun

the season for gathering crops

Harvestverb

gather, as of natural products;

‘harvest the grapes’;

Harvestverb

remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation;

‘The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals’;

Harvest

Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper.