Forest vs Mountain - What's the difference?
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A dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area. Larger than woods.
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(historical) A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.
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A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.
A large amount.
(figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
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As nouns the difference between forest and mountain
is that forest is a dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area. Larger than woods while mountain is a large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.As a verb forest
is to cover an area with trees.forest
English
(wikipedia forest)Noun
(en noun)Unspontaneous combustion, passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.}}
- forest of criticism.
citation, passage=Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest' emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the ' forest , dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* forestal * forest-bill * forested * forester * forestial * forestlike * forestry * can't see the forest for the trees * rainforestSee also
* (commonslite)See also
* bush * deforest * holt * jungle * weald * wood * woodland * woodsAnagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----mountain
English
Noun
(en noun)- Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
- We spent the weekend hiking in the mountains .
- There's still a mountain of work to do.
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