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Climber vs Epiphyte - What's the difference?

climber | epiphyte |

As nouns the difference between climber and epiphyte

is that climber is one who climbs while epiphyte is a plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit; an air plant.

As a verb climber

is to climb; to mount with effort; to clamber.

climber

English

Etymology 1

(climb)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who climbs.
  • A plant that climbs, such as a vine.
  • A bird that climbs, such as a woodpecker or a parrot.
    • Derived terms
    * social climber

    Etymology 2

    From climb; compare clamber.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber.
    • (Tusser)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * * English agent nouns

    epiphyte

    English

    (wikipedia epiphyte)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit; an air plant.
  • * 1848 , John Lindley, A notice of some species of Rhododendron inhabiting Borneo'', ''Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society , Volume 3, page 88,
    • It has been suggested to me that these fine plants will not prove cultivable, because they are epiphytes'.The probability however is, that they do not require to be treated as ' epiphytes , and that, like orchids, they will grow better if committed judiciously to the earth.
  • * 1893 , Natural Science: A Monthly Review of Scientific Progress , Volume 3, page 185,
    • The nature of the surface of a plant also determines the number and sort of Epiphytes which lodge on it.

    Related terms

    * saprophyte