The difference between Forest and Weald

When used as nouns, forest means a dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods, whereas weald means a wood or forest.


Forest is also verb with the meaning: to cover an area with trees.

check bellow for the other definitions of Forest and Weald

  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.

  1. Weald as a noun (archaic):

    A wood or forest

  2. Weald as a noun (archaic):

    An open country

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