Vegetables X Fruits
1. Most of the vegetables are annuals --- Fruit plants are perennial in nature
2. Mostly majority of them are sexually propagated --- Fruit plant are sexually and asexually
propagated
3. Cultivation of vegetable is seasonal and special techniques like pruning and training are generally not required ---- Fruit plants require special practices like training and pruning and are required seasonally.
4. Vegetable plants are generally non-woody --- Fruit plants are generally woody in nature
5. All parts of the plant are edible --- Only fruit is edible but sometimes false fruit also edible (eg. Fleshy thalamus of apple)
6. Generally consumed after cooking --- Mostly consumed raw after ripening