The difference between Bush and Forest

When used as nouns, bush means a woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall, whereas forest means a dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

When used as verbs, bush means to branch thickly in the manner of a bush, whereas forest means to cover an area with trees.


Bush is also adverb with the meaning: towards the direction of the outback.

Bush is also adjective with the meaning: not skilled.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bush and Forest

  1. Bush as a noun (horticulture):

    A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.

  2. Bush as a noun (slang, vulgar):

    A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.

  3. Bush as a noun:

    A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.

    Examples:

    "'bushes to support pea vines"

  4. Bush as a noun (historical):

    A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.

  5. Bush as a noun (hunting):

    The tail, or brush, of a fox.

  1. Bush as a verb (intransitive):

    To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

  2. Bush as a verb:

    To set bushes for; to support with bushes.

    Examples:

    "to bush peas"

  3. Bush as a verb:

    To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.

    Examples:

    "to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground"

  1. Bush as a noun (archaic):

    A tavern or wine merchant.

  1. Bush as a noun (often with "the"):

    Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated. The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations. An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest. The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.

  2. Bush as a noun (Canadian):

    A woodlot or bluff on a farm.

  1. Bush as an adverb (Australia):

    Towards the direction of the outback.

    Examples:

    "On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own."

  1. Bush as an adjective (colloquial):

    Not skilled; not professional; not major league.

    Examples:

    "They're supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush."

  1. Bush as a noun (baseball):

    Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"

  1. Bush as a noun:

    A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.

  2. Bush as a noun:

    A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.

  3. Bush as a noun:

    A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Farrow"

  1. Bush as a verb (transitive):

    To furnish with a bush or lining.

    Examples:

    "to bush a pivot hole"

  1. Forest as a noun:

    A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

  2. Forest as a noun:

    Any dense collection or amount.

    Examples:

    "a forest of criticism"

  3. Forest as a noun (historical):

    A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.

  4. Forest as a noun (graph theory):

    A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.

  5. Forest as a noun (computing, Microsoft Windows):

    A group of domains that are managed as a unit.

  6. Forest as a noun:

    The colour forest green.

  1. Forest as a verb (transitive):

    To cover an area with trees.