Pollination vs. Fertilization

Pollinationnoun

(botany) the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.

Pollinationnoun

transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant

Pollination

Pollination is the transfer of pollen from a male part of a plant to a female part of a plant, later enabling fertilisation and the production of seeds, most often by an animal or by wind. Pollinating agents are animals such as insects, birds, and bats; water; wind; and even plants themselves, when self-pollination occurs within a closed flower.

Fertilizationnoun

The act or process of rendering fertile.

Fertilizationnoun

The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants

Fertilizationnoun

The act of applying fertilizer to soil.

Fertilizationnoun

The act or process of rendering fertile.

Fertilizationnoun

The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.

Fertilizationnoun

creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant

Fertilizationnoun

making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure