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What is the difference between grove and arbor?

grove | arbor |

As nouns the difference between grove and arbor

is that grove is a small forest while arbor is a shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation or arbor can be an axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.

grove

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small forest.
  • An orchard of fruit trees.
  • (Druidism, Wicca) A place of worship

    • Related terms

    * mangrove

    arbor

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) arbour, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * arbour (chiefly British)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation.
  • A grove of trees.
    • Related terms
    * arboreal * arborescent * arboreous * arbor vitae * herb

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
  • A bar for supporting cutting tools.
  • A spindle of a wheel.

    • Anagrams

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