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Garden vs Sanctuary - What's the difference?

garden | sanctuary |

As nouns the difference between garden and sanctuary

is that garden is while sanctuary is a place of safety, refuge or protection.

garden

English

(wikipedia garden)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
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  • #(lb) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
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  • #(lb) Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.
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  • #*:The garden parties of pre-1914 were something to be remembered. Everyone was dressed up to the nines, high-heeled shoes, muslin frocks with blue sashes, large leghorn hats with drooping roses. There were lovely iceswith every kind of cream cake, of sandwich, of éclair, and peaches, muscat grapes, and nectarines.
  • The at the front or back of a house.
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  • (lb) A cluster, a bunch.
  • (lb) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
  • *1995 , Lee Tyler, Biblical Sexual Morality and What About Pornography? viewed at etext.org on 9 May 2006
  • *:Blow on my garden' [speaking of her genitalia], so the spices of it may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His '''garden [her pubic area] and eat His pleasant fruits. ''(A commentary on Song of Solomon 4:16, which was written in Hebrew c950 BC; book footnotes shown here bracketed within the text; many scholars disagree with the Biblical interpretation, which is included as evidence of usage in 1995 rather than intended meaning in 950 BC.)
  • *c2004 , Hair Care Down There, Inc, The History of Hair Removal viewed at haircaredownthere.com on 9 May 2006 -
  • *:Primping and pruning the secret garden might seem like a totally 21st century concept, but the fact is women have gotten into below-the-belt grooming since before the Bronze Age.
  • *2006 , Guest on Female First Forum at femalefirst.co.uk posting on Fashionable to shave the pubic area?? viewed on 9 May 2006
  • A woman's [unshaven] dark pubic triangle, glistening with pussy nectar and promising access to a hidden garden of delights.

    Synonyms

    * (decorative place outside) * (gardens with public access) park, public gardens * (grounds at the front or back of a house) yard (US) * (the pubic hair) See pubic hair

    Derived terms

    * back garden * castle garden * flower garden * front garden * gardening * (w) * garden path * garden-variety * herb garden * market garden * public gardens * rose garden * vegetable garden * zoological garden, zoological gardens * xerogarden

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive, chiefly, North America) to grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.
  • I love to garden — this year I'm going to plant some daffodils.
  • (cricket) of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.
  • Synonyms

    * (in cricket) farm

    Derived terms

    * gardener * gardening

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Common, ordinary, domesticated.
  • sanctuary

    Noun

    (sanctuaries)
  • A place of safety, refuge or protection.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary ,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’}}
    My car is a sanctuary , where none can disturb me except for people who cut me off.
  • An area set aside for protection.
  • The bird sanctuary has strict restrictions on visitors so the birds aren't disturbed.
  • A state of being protected, asylum.
  • The government granted sanctuary to the defector, protecting him from his former government.
  • The consecrated (or sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.
  • Synonyms

    * haven * presbytery * refuge * zoar * shelter