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Horticulture vs Forestry - What's the difference?

horticulture | forestry |

As nouns the difference between horticulture and forestry

is that horticulture is the art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening while forestry is the science of planting and growing trees in forests.

horticulture

English

(wikipedia horticulture)

Noun

(-)
  • The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.
  • Small-scale agriculture.

    • Derived terms

    * horticultural * horticulturally * horticulturist

    forestry

    English

    Noun

    (forestries)
  • The science of planting and growing trees in forests.
  • The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.
  • The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.
  • Commercial tree farming.
  • (countable) A tree farm.

    • Synonyms

    * silviculture, sylviculture