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Bushfire vs Grassfire - What's the difference?

bushfire | grassfire |

As nouns the difference between bushfire and grassfire

is that bushfire is an uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire while grassfire is a fire burning over grass or grassland.

bushfire

English

(wikipedia bushfire)

Alternative forms

* bush fire

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
  • * 1985 , , Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, Weekly Hansard , Issues 4-6, page 1322,
    • Many homes, a great deal of property and a number of lives were lost as a result of the bushfires in this country.
  • * 2011 , Tracey Dickson, Tonia Gray, Risk Management in the Outdoors: A Whole-of-Organisation Approach for Education, Sport and Recreation , page 199,
    • It should also be kept in mind that often bushfires start and move quickly and the information relating to their location and activity may take some time to assemble and make available.
  • * 2011 , Larry Writer, The Australian Book of Disasters , unnumbered page,
    • The Black Saturday bushfires' were a series of apocalyptic blazes that burned on – and for some weeks after – Saturday, 7 February 2009. As a result of the '''bushfires''', 173 people died. It was the nation?s largest loss of life from a ' bushfire event, and 414 people were injured.

    Synonyms

    * (uncontrolled fire in a wooded area) forest fire, wildfire (US)

    grassfire

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fire burning over grass or grassland
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 20, author=Anne Wright with AAP, title=Grassfire under control after burning property in Frankston North, work=Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=FIREFIGHTERS have controlled a grassfire which threatened houses in a heavily populated area in Melbourne's south. }}