Fen vs Heath - What's the difference?
fen | heath |
a type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline
* 1842 ,
a plural form of fan used by enthusiasts of science fiction, fantasy, and anime, partly from whimsy and partly to distinguish themselves from fans of sport, etc.
* 1951 , Winthrop Sargeant, Through the Interstellar Looking Glass'' (in ''Life magazine, 21 May 1951)
A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
* ~1602 , William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act I, scene I:
*:1. Where the place?/2. Vpon the Heath /3. There to meet with Macbeth
Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae .
* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 258:
# Many of the species in the genus Erica
# Many of the species in the genus Cassiope
# Both species in the genus
# Any of the species in the genus
# Any of the species in the genus
# Any of the species in the genus
(label) Certain butterflies and moths
# The palaearctic species of Coenonympha , a genus of brush-footed butterfly
## , native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa, the small heath
## , native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath
# , the heath fritillary
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As nouns the difference between fen and heath
is that fen is a type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline while heath is a tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.As a proper noun Heath is
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English
(wikipedia fen)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)- In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp / The hunted Negro lay; [...]
Derived terms
* fenlike * fennishSee also
* bog * everglade * marsh * swamp * wetlandEtymology 2
From (fan), by analogy with (men) as the plural of (man).Noun
fen' (p) (''singular:'' ' fan )- Sad to relate, however, some of the European delegates were probably insurgents rather than true fen .
Coordinate terms
* fenneDerived terms
* actifen * confen * eofen * fakefen * femme fen * femfen * femmefen * fringefen * litfen * mediafen * neofen * passifen * stfen * trufan * zinefen ----heath
English
(wikipedia heath)Noun
- There was nobody living in Jim's old house, and some of the windows was broken; but there was heath growing back and front.