The difference between Land and Woodland
When used as nouns, land means the part of earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water, whereas woodland means land covered with woody vegetation.
When used as adjectives, land means of or relating to land, whereas woodland means of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.
Land is also verb with the meaning: to descend to a surface, especially from the air.
check bellow for the other definitions of Land and Woodland
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Land as a noun:
The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
Examples:
"Most insects live on land."
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Land as a noun:
Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.
Examples:
"There are 50 acres of land in this estate."
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Land as a noun:
A country or region.
Examples:
"They [[come]] from a faraway land."
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Land as a noun:
A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
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Land as a noun:
The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
Examples:
"wet land; good or bad land for growing potatoes"
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Land as a noun:
A general country, state, or territory.
Examples:
"He moved from his home to settle in a faraway land."
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Land as a noun (often, in combination):
realm, domain.
Examples:
"I'm going to Disneyland."
"Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world."
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Land as a noun (agriculture):
The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
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Land as a noun (Irish English, colloquial):
A fright.
Examples:
"He got an awful land when the police arrived."
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Land as a noun (electronics):
A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
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Land as a noun:
In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
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Land as a noun (travel):
The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
Examples:
"Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices."
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Land as a noun (obsolete):
The ground or floor.
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Land as a noun (nautical):
The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
Examples:
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Land as a noun (ballistics):
In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows. The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
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Land as a verb (intransitive):
To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
Examples:
"The plane is about to land''."
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Land as a verb (dated):
To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
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Land as a verb (intransitive):
To come into rest.
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Land as a verb (intransitive):
To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
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Land as a verb (transitive):
To bring to land.
Examples:
"It can be tricky to land a helicopter''."
"Use the net to land the fish."
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Land as a verb (transitive):
To acquire; to secure.
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Land as a verb (transitive):
To deliver.
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Land as an adjective:
Of or relating to land.
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Land as an adjective:
Residing or growing on land.
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Land as a noun:
lant; urine
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Woodland as an adjective:
Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.
Examples:
"The woodland creatures ran from the fire."
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Woodland as an adjective (obsolete):
Having the character of a woodland.
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Woodland as a noun:
Land covered with woody vegetation.