Conservatory vs Glasshouse - What's the difference?
conservatory | glasshouse | Synonyms |
(rare) pertaining to conservation
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
(obsolete) That which preserves from injury.
A greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
A school of music or drama; a conservatoire
A building made of glass in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass (chiefly commercial).
A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
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Conservatory is a synonym of glasshouse.
As nouns the difference between conservatory and glasshouse
is that conservatory is (obsolete) that which preserves from injury or conservatory can be a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants while glasshouse is a building made of glass in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass (chiefly commercial).As an adjective conservatory
is (rare) pertaining to conservation.conservatory
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(conservatories)- A conservatory of life. — Jeremy Taylor.
Etymology 2
Noun
(conservatories)Synonyms
(music) * college of music * conservatory of music * musical school * music conservatory * music department * music school * school of music (drama) * academy of drama * drama school * theater school * theatre schoolglasshouse
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
