The difference between Water and Wood
When used as nouns, water means a substance (of molecular formula h₂o) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid, 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, water means to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants), 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 Water and Wood
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Water as a noun (uncountable):
A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam. The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O. A serving of liquid water.
Examples:
"By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen."
"May I have a glass of water?"
"Your plants need more water."
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Water as a noun (alchemy, philosophy):
The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
Examples:
"He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God."
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Water as a noun (uncountable, or, in the plural):
Water in a body; an area of open water.
Examples:
"The boat was found within the territorial waters."
"These seals are a common sight in the coastal waters of Chile."
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Water as a noun (poetic, archaic, or, dialectal):
A body of water, almost always a river.
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Water as a noun (sometimes, countable):
A combination of water and other substance(s). Mineral water. Spa water. A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance. Urine. Amniotic fluid; used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America, especially to avoid cacophony, as in this example: (The Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary says "often used in plural; also: bag of waters") Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
Examples:
"Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant."
"Many people visit Bath to take the waters."
"ammonia water'"
"Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks. qualifier North America"
"Before your child is born, your water(s) will break. qualifier North America"
"Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break. qualifier UK"
"He suffers from water on the knee."
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Water as a noun (figuratively, in the plural, or, in the singular):
A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
Examples:
"The rough waters of change will bring about the calm after the storm."
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Water as a noun (colloquial, figuratively):
A person's intuition.
Examples:
"I know he'll succeed. I feel it in my waters."
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Water as a noun (uncountable, dated, finance):
Excess valuation of securities.
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Water as a noun:
The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
Examples:
"a diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent"
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Water as a noun:
A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
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Water as a verb (transitive):
To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
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Water as a verb (transitive):
To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
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Water as a verb (transitive):
To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
Examples:
"I need to go water the cattle''."
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Water as a verb (intransitive):
To get or take in water.
Examples:
"The ship put into port to water."
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Water as a verb (transitive, colloquial):
To urinate onto.
Examples:
"[[nature calls Nature called]], so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree."
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Water as a verb (transitive):
To dilute.
Examples:
"Can you water the whisky, please?"
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Water as a verb (transitive, dated, finance):
To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
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Water as a verb (intransitive):
To fill with or secrete water.
Examples:
"Chopping onions makes my eyes water."
"The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water."
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Water as a verb (transitive):
To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
Examples:
"to water silk"
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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.
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