Balsa vs Oak - What's the difference?
balsa | oak |
A large tree, , native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
(uncountable) The wood of this tree.
A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
(senseid)(lb) A tree of the genus Quercus .
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*:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
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*:Instead there were the white of aspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves, and the darker green of oaks , and through the middle of this forest, from wall to wall, ran a winding line of brilliant green which marked the course of cottonwoods and willows.
(lb) The wood of the oak.
A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
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(colour) of a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
made of oak wood or timber
consisting of oak trees
In uncountable terms the difference between balsa and oak
is that balsa is the wood of this tree while oak is the wood of the oak.As nouns the difference between balsa and oak
is that balsa is a large tree, species: Ochroma lagopus, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight while oak is (tree) A tree of the genus Quercus.As an adjective oak is
(colour) of a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.balsa
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(wikipedia balsa) (Balsa tree)Noun
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* (oak tree) treeMeronyms
* (oak tree) acornAdjective
(-)- an oak' table, ' oak beam, etc
- an oak' wood, ' oak forest, etc