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Hedgerow vs Shrubbery - What's the difference?

hedgerow | shrubbery |

As nouns the difference between hedgerow and shrubbery

is that hedgerow is a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge while shrubbery is a planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.

hedgerow

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge
  • * 1971 ,
    • If theres a bustle in your hedgerow , don't be alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the may queen
  • * 1919, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91
    • He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.

    shrubbery

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia shrubbery) (shrubberies)
  • A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.
  • Shrubs collectively.