Difference between fruit and leaf in Korean

열매·

fruit

열매fruit

열매 means the fruit or seed-bearing part that grows on a tree, bush, or other plant. It is often used when talking about nature, such as berries, nuts, or fruit in the wild. When people mean fruit as food in daily life, they also often use 과일, but 열매 is very common in nature pictures and descriptions.

How to say fruit
leaf

leaf

A leaf is the flat green part of a plant or tree. In Korean, 잎 means one leaf, and it is used when talking about plants, flowers, or trees. You can use this word to describe color, size, or movement of leaves in nature.

How to say leaf

The difference

잎 is a leaf, the flat green part of a plant. It is not the seed-bearing fruit part.