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    Wood and forest?

    What is the difference between words wood and forest in English?
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    Size, usually. A forest is large, a wood is small.

    Since 'large' and 'small' aren't absolute, however, there is plenty of room for overlap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scotcher
    Size, usually. A forest is large, a wood is small.

    Since 'large' and 'small' aren't absolute, however, there is plenty of room for overlap.
    Remarkable. I always thought otherwise Wood is large and forest is small
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    Remarkable. I always thought otherwise Wood is large and forest is small
    Me too.

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    wood: the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.

    Can also mean lumber.

    woods: Often, woods. (used with a singular or plural verb) a large and thick collection of growing trees; a grove or forest: They picnicked in the woods.

    From dictionary.com

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    Remarkable. I always thought otherwise Wood is large and forest is small
    Ever heard of an equitorial rainwood?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fortheether
    wood: the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.

    Can also mean lumber.

    woods: Often, woods. (used with a singular or plural verb) a large and thick collection of growing trees; a grove or forest: They picnicked in the woods.

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    If you are going to quote a dictionary site, at least get it right. The actual entry is:

    Wood

    7. Often, woods. (used with a singular or plural verb) a large and thick collection of growing trees; a grove or forest: They picnicked in the woods.
    The way you wrote it suggested that wood and woods were distinct entries, wheras in fact they fell under the same entry to show that they can be entirely synonymous.

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    I have a little place along the edge of my land that I call the woods. It's about 30' wide and 200' long.

    In the US we don't use the word 'wood' to mean small forest, or whatever. It's 'woods' only.

    About North Carolina we always say it's a forest waiting to happen - whenever then mow down the brush at the side of the road it's not long before those pesky pinetrees are poking their way up.

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    Down South, "woods" and "forest" are the same. Moreover, "woods" is a more common word than "forest"
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    hey chas.. How about all those National Forests? They ain't no woods. "woods" is smaller. The two words ain't always interchangeable.

    Joyce Kilmer Memorial Woods, http://main.nc.us/graham/hiking/joycekil.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by chaika
    hey chas.. How about all those National Forests? They ain't no woods. "woods" is smaller. The two words ain't always interchangeable.

    Joyce Kilmer Memorial Woods, http://main.nc.us/graham/hiking/joycekil.html
    Nat'l forest is fine. I still stick with "woods" for any other ... well, woods!
    In my neighborhood, they say "woods" when they refer to any heavy tree and bush combination.
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    In my mind "wood" is associated with coniferous or deciduous forests, while "forest" can be anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    In my mind "wood" is associated with coniferous or deciduous forests, while "forest" can be anything.
    Hey... you've just described any forest there is. Woods=heavy brush +trees.
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    Quote Originally Posted by charlestonian
    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    In my mind "wood" is associated with coniferous or deciduous forests, while "forest" can be anything.
    Hey... you've just described any forest there is. Woods=heavy brush +trees.
    Well, I wouldn't call a tropical rainforest a "wood".

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    Re: Wood and forest?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    What is the difference between words wood and forest in English?
    Hey... I say woods, you say forest.... Really, it don't make no difference. Just, down South, we say "woods" (not 'wood', keep in mind)
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    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    Quote Originally Posted by charlestonian
    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    In my mind "wood" is associated with coniferous or deciduous forests, while "forest" can be anything.
    Hey... you've just described any forest there is. Woods=heavy brush +trees.
    Well, I wouldn't call a tropical rainforest a "wood".
    A rain forest is a rain forest... I was talking about our 'woods"
    Well, I don't know what to say. I want to say thanks to the Academy, to Mama, to Papa and to my dog. I love you all.

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    Hey, just call it what you want... but if you ran into a word "woods", just don't be surprised, it is a word for "forest"... with some difference. I don't think they have "woods" in Russia... Russians have forest, when there is not much growth between trees. .. Woods are different... there is a brush between trees...
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    What are we arguing about? I call it woods, you call it forest... No problem.
    Well, I don't know what to say. I want to say thanks to the Academy, to Mama, to Papa and to my dog. I love you all.

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    I wonder if Brits use the term "woods" the same way americans do... Anybody???
    Well, I don't know what to say. I want to say thanks to the Academy, to Mama, to Papa and to my dog. I love you all.

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