Codon vs Anticodon. Everything about living beings has been defined by a series of information in the basic genetic materials that are DNA and RNA. This information has been laid out in DNA or RNA strands in an extremely characteristic sequence for each individual living being.
All melons are gourds, but not all gourds are melons. According to Wikipedia (Gourd, Melon), gourds are âplants of the family Cucurbitaceaeâ while melons are âany of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with edible, fleshy fruitâ. So the main distinction is that melons are edible.
Even though they are both types of muskmelon, honeydew and cantaloupe differ in: Shape and Size. Typical honeydew is round or oval shaped and it usually weighs between 4 and 8 pounds (6 pounds on average). Cantaloupe is round (or slightly oval) in shape and it can reach from 1.1 to 11 pounds of weight.