The difference between Wood and Woody

When used as adjectives, wood means mad, insane, crazed, whereas woody means covered in woods.

Wood is also noun with the meaning: 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.

Wood is also verb with the meaning: to cover or plant with trees.

check bellow for the other definitions of Wood and Woody

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. Wood as a noun (countable):

    A forested or wooded area.

    Examples:

    "He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle."

  4. Wood as a noun:

    Firewood.

    Examples:

    "We need more wood for the fire."

  5. Wood as a noun (countable, golf):

    A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.

  6. Wood as a noun (music):

    A woodwind instrument.

  7. Wood as a noun (uncountable, slang):

    An erection of the penis.

    Examples:

    "That girl at the strip club gave me wood."

  8. Wood as a noun (chess, uncountable, slang):

    Chess pieces.

  1. Wood as a verb (transitive):

    To cover or plant with trees.

  2. Wood as a verb (reflexive, intransitive):

    To hide behind trees.

  3. Wood as a verb (transitive):

    To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.

    Examples:

    "to wood a steamboat or a locomotive"

  4. Wood as a verb (intransitive):

    To take or get a supply of wood.

  1. Wood as an adjective (obsolete):

    Mad, insane, crazed.

  1. Wood as a noun (US, sometimes, _, offensive, chiefly, prison, _, slang, of a person):

    A peckerwood.

  1. Woody as an adjective:

    Covered in woods; wooded.

  2. Woody as an adjective (obsolete):

    Belonging to the woods; sylvan.

  3. Woody as an adjective:

    Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.

  4. Woody as an adjective (botany):

    Non-herbaceous.

    Examples:

    "Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants."

  5. Woody as an adjective (botany):

    Lignified.

    Examples:

    "the woody parts of a plant"

  1. Woody as a noun:

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