The difference between Cloche and Greenhouse
When used as nouns, cloche means a glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth, whereas greenhouse means a building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
Greenhouse is also verb with the meaning: to place (plants) in a greenhouse.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cloche and Greenhouse
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Cloche as a noun:
A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
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Cloche as a noun:
A bell-shaped, close-fitting women's hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
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Cloche as a noun:
A tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
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Cloche as a noun (aviation, historical):
An apparatus used in controlling certain aeroplanes, consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bell-shaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, etc.
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Greenhouse as a noun:
A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
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Greenhouse as a noun:
The glass of a plane's cockpit.
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Greenhouse as a verb (transitive):
To place (plants) in a greenhouse.