Forest vs. Garden — What's the Difference?

A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing and ecological function.

A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, or enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature, as an ideal setting for social or solitary human life. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is control.

A large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth

A piece of ground adjoining a house, in which grass, flowers, and shrubs may be grown

A large number or dense mass of vertical or tangled objects

A large public hall

Cover (land) with forest; plant with trees

Cultivate or work in a garden

A growth of trees and other plants covering a large area.

A plot of land used for the cultivation of flowers, vegetables, herbs, or fruit.

A large number of objects bearing a similarity to such a growth, especially a dense collection of tall objects

An arrangement of living material that is cultivated for food, as a fungus garden maintained by ants.

A defined area of land formerly set aside in England as a royal hunting ground.

Often gardens Grounds laid out with flowers, trees, and ornamental shrubs and used for recreation or display

To plant trees on or cover with trees.

A yard or lawn.

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

A fertile, well-cultivated region.

Any dense collection or amount.

An open-air establishment where refreshments are served.

(historical) A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.

A large public auditorium or arena.

(graph theory) A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.

To cultivate (a plot of ground) as a garden.

A group of domains that are managed as a unit.

To furnish with a garden.

The colour forest green.

To plant or tend a garden.

(transitive) To cover an area with trees.

To work as a gardener.

An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.

Of, suitable to, or used in a garden

A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.

Provided with open areas and greenery

Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.

Garden-variety.

To cover with trees or wood.

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

(in the plural) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.

Land that is covered with trees and shrubs

(attributive) Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.

Establish a forest on previously unforested land;

The grounds at the front or back of a house.

(cartomancy) The twentieth Lenormand card.

(figuratively) A cluster; a bunch.

(slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.

To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.

Of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.

Common, ordinary, domesticated.

A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.

To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture.

To cultivate as a garden.

A plot of ground where plants are cultivated

The flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden

A yard or lawn adjoining a house

Work in the garden;