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Foliage vs Verdure - What's the difference?

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Foliage is a synonym of verdure.


As nouns the difference between foliage and verdure

is that foliage is the leaves of plants while verdure is the greenness of lush or growing vegetation; also : the vegetation itself.

foliage

English

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Alternative forms

* (qualifier) (l)

Noun

  • The leaves of plants.
  • *
  • *:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage , and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  • (lb) Fall foliage.
  • An architectural ornament representing foliage.

    • verdure

    English

    Noun

  • The greenness of lush or growing vegetation; also : the vegetation itself.
  • * 1610 , , by Shakespeare
    • [...] now he was / The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, / And suck'd my verdure out on't.
  • * 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 142
    • The five weeks which she had now passed in Kent had made a great difference in the country, and every day was adding to the verdure of the early trees.
  • *
    • To her belonged Amber Spring, the water which gave verdure and beauty to the village and made living possible on that wild purple upland waste.
  • (hence) A condition of health and vigour.

    • Related terms

    * verdant * verdurous