What is the difference between a prune and a plum?

coz prunes are plums in french for me

What is the difference between a prune and a plum?
A prune is a dried plum.
Reply:prunes are dried deseeded plums
Reply:Same as the difference between a grape and raisin. A prune is a dried plum.
Reply:Prune is a dried up plum and plum is not dried up... yet.
Reply:just some age and shrivelling I think, like grapes and raisins
Reply:A prune is a dried plum. Prunes make you plum regular!!
Reply:Well, on many packages prunes are now called "dried plums;" it is supposed to be more appealing. That is the difference - a prune is a dried plum. I think that, as with other fruits, some are better dried and some are better eaten out of hand.
Reply:A prune is a plum, as a raisin is a grape.
Reply:Time spent in the sun (like a grape and a rasin)
Reply:a prune is a dried plum.
Reply:We grow them here in Chico, CA. Prunes are a small variety of plum that is used for making dried plums. They are not as round as a regular plum. They are great undried but you will not find many of them outside of the growing area. The prune growers decided last year to begin to call the dried prunes "dried plums" rather than prunes. So now it is really confusing.