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What is the difference between jungle and rainforest?

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Rainforest is a synonym of jungle.



As nouns the difference between jungle and rainforest

is that jungle is a large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals while rainforest is a forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.

jungle

English

(wikipedia jungle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals.
  • (colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.
    • It’s a jungle out there.
  • (slang) An area where hobos camp together.
  • (uncountable) A style of electronic music related to drum and bass.

    • Derived terms

    * asphalt jungle * concrete jungle * it's a jungle out there * jungle cat * jungle cock * jungle fowl * jungle juice * jungle telegraph * jungle warfare * law of the jungle * rubber jungle

    See also

    * rainforest

    External links

    * (projectlink) Article on Jungle (forest) * * ----

    rainforest

    English

    (wikipedia rainforest)

    Alternative forms

    * rain forest

    Noun

  • A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.
  • * 2002', Chris C. Park, ''Tropical '''Rainforests , page 27,
    • Perhaps the most impressive expression of species diversity is the density of species found in a given area of rainforest .
  • * 2004', Nigel E. Stork, ''24: The Theory and Practice of Planning for Long-Term Conservation of Biodiversity of Wet Tropics '''Rainforests in Australia'', Eldredge Bermingham, Christopher W. Dick, Craig Moritz (editors), ''Tropical Rainforests: Past, Present, and Future , page 508
    • Tropical rainforests' in Australia have suffered a fate similar in many ways to that of ' rainforests elsewhere in the world, but considerable progress in safeguarding the future of what remains has been made.
  • * 2014', Nick Hunter, '''''Rainforests , page 38,
    • Enjoy your visit to the rainforests , because the next time you go there things could be very different.

    Synonyms

    * jungle, tropical forest