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The idiom, comparing apples and oranges, refers to the differences between items which are popularly thought to be incomparable or incommensurable, such as apples and oranges. The idiom may also indicate that a false analogy has been made between two items, such as where an apple is faulted for not being a good orange.
"Apples and Oranges" is the third UK single by Pink Floyd, the final one written by Syd Barrett, [3] and released in 1967. The B-side was "Paint Box" written by Richard Wright. The song is about a girl whom the narrator meets at the supermarket. The song was recorded shortly before the band's US tour, on 26 and 27 October. [4]
Apples and oranges is an idiom comparing apples and oranges. Apples and oranges may also refer to: "Apples and Oranges" (song), a 1967 song by Pink Floyd; Apples & Oranges, an album by Postmen; Apples & Oranges, a 2007 album by Stacy Clark; Apples & Oranges, a play by Alfred Uhry "Appels + Oranjes", a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from Adore
Still Life with Apples and Oranges (French: Nature morte aux pommes et aux oranges) is a still-life oil painting dating from c. 1899 by the French artist Paul Cézanne.It is currently housed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
Apples and oranges are both similar-sized seeded fruits that grow on trees, but that does not make the two interchangeable. A false equivalence or false equivalency is an informal fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed or false reasoning.
Apple and Oranges is an educational short film written and directed by Rukshana Tabassum and produced by the School Cinema division of LXL Ideas. The film has won two national awards at the 67th National Film Awards . [ 1 ]
An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus spp., among them the domestic or orchard apple; Malus domestica). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus Malus. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, Malus sieversii, is still found.
A fact from Apples and oranges appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 January 2006. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that some scientists, in response to the popular idiom dismissing the possibility, have conducted experiments to compare apples and oranges?