Birch vs Beech - What's the difference?
birch | beech |
any of various trees of the genus Betula , native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
a hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
a stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
A birch-bark canoe.
to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.
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As nouns the difference between birch and beech
is that birch is any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere while beech is a tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.As a verb birch
is to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.birch
English
(wikipedia birch)Noun
(es)Derived terms
* birch beer * birch bolete * birch bracket * birchlike * birch of Jamaica * * (l) * birch wine * birchy * (l) * cherry birch * (l) * oil of birch * paper birch * river birch * silver birch * (l) * yellow birchVerb
(es)Derived terms
* birchen * birch woodbeech
English
(wikipedia beech) (Fagus)Noun
(es)citation, passage=A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.}}