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Forrest vs Woods - What's the difference?

forrest | woods |

As an adjective forrest

is (attributive) foremost, front.

As a proper noun woods is

an english topographic surname, variant of wood.

forrest

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • for someone who lived or worked in a Royal forest (area of woodland reserved for hunting)
  • transferred from the surname.

    • Anagrams

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    woods

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (uncountable) A dense collection of trees covering a relatively small area; smaller than a forest.
  • (Military) For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests).

    • Usage notes

    In English, one does not say "I was lost in the wood''',"'' but rather ''"I was lost in the '''woods ."

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * out of the woods * woodsman

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wood)
    • English pluralia tantum