The difference between Forest and Wood
When used as nouns, forest means a dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods, whereas wood means the substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
When used as verbs, forest means to cover an area with trees, whereas wood means to cover or plant with trees.
Wood is also adjective with the meaning: mad, insane, crazed.
check bellow for the other definitions of Forest and Wood
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Forest as a noun:
A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
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Forest as a noun:
Any dense collection or amount.
Examples:
"a forest of criticism"
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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.
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Forest as a noun (graph theory):
A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.
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Forest as a noun (computing, Microsoft Windows):
A group of domains that are managed as a unit.
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Forest as a noun:
The colour forest green.
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Forest as a verb (transitive):
To cover an area with trees.
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Wood as a noun (uncountable):
The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
Examples:
"This table is made of wood."
"There was lots of wood on the beach."
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Wood as a noun (countable):
The wood of a particular species of tree.
Examples:
"Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc."
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Wood as a noun (countable):
A forested or wooded area.
Examples:
"He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle."
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Wood as a noun:
Firewood.
Examples:
"We need more wood for the fire."
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Wood as a noun (countable, golf):
A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
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Wood as a noun (music):
A woodwind instrument.
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Wood as a noun (uncountable, slang):
An erection of the penis.
Examples:
"That girl at the strip club gave me wood."
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Wood as a noun (chess, uncountable, slang):
Chess pieces.
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Wood as a verb (transitive):
To cover or plant with trees.
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Wood as a verb (reflexive, intransitive):
To hide behind trees.
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Wood as a verb (transitive):
To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
Examples:
"to wood a steamboat or a locomotive"
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Wood as a verb (intransitive):
To take or get a supply of wood.
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Wood as an adjective (obsolete):
Mad, insane, crazed.
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Wood as a noun (US, sometimes, _, offensive, chiefly, prison, _, slang, of a person):
A peckerwood.