Bough vs. Branch — What's the Difference?

Bough is a surname.

A tributary of a river.

A main branch of a tree

Chiefly Southern US See creek. See Note at run.

A tree branch, especially a large or main branch.

A branch (UK: or UK: , US: ) or tree branch (sometimes referred to in botany as a ramus) is a woody structural member connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub). Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs.

A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.

A part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough

A gallows.

(of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions

An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch.

(of a tree or plant) bear or send out branches

A gallows.

A secondary woody stem or limb growing from the trunk or main stem of a tree or shrub or from another secondary limb.

Any of the larger branches of a tree

A lateral division or subdivision of certain other plant parts, such as a root or flower cluster.

A secondary outgrowth or subdivision of a main axis, such as the tine of a deer's antlers.

(Anatomy) An offshoot or a division of the main portion of a structure, especially that of a nerve, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel; a ramus.

An area of specialized skill or knowledge, especially academic or vocational, that is related to but separate from other areas

A division of a business or other organization.

A division of a family, categorized by descent from a particular ancestor.

(Linguistics) A subdivision of a family of languages, such as the Germanic branch of Indo-European.

A divergent section of a river, especially near the mouth.

(Mathematics) A part of a curve that is separated, as by discontinuities or extreme points.

A sequence of program instructions to which the normal sequence of instructions relinquishes control, depending on the value of certain variables.

The instructions executed as the result of such a passing of control.

(Chemistry) A bifurcation in a linear chain of atoms, especially in an organic molecule where isomeric hydrocarbon groups can vary in the location and number of these bifurcations of the carbon chain.

To put forth a branch or branches; spread by dividing.

To come forth as a branch or subdivision; develop or diverge from

(Computers) To relinquish control to another set of instructions or another routine as a result of the presence of a branch.

To separate (something) into branches.

To embroider (something) with a design of foliage or flowers.

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

A location of an organization with several locations.

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.

An area in business or of knowledge, research.

(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.

(computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.

(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.

(rail transport) A branch line.

(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

(intransitive) To produce branches.

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.

To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

(transitive) To strip of branches.

To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.

Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.

A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.

To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

An administrative division of some larger or more complex organization;

A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

A part of a forked or branching shape;

A natural consequence of development

A stream or river connected to a larger one

Any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;

Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures;

Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;