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Metals vs Woods - What's the difference?

metals | woods |

As nouns the difference between metals and woods

is that metals is plural of lang=en while woods is plural of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between metals and woods

is that metals is third-person singular of metal while woods is third-person singular of wood.

As a proper noun Woods is

an English topographic surname, variant of Wood.

metals

English

Noun

(head)
  • (rail transport) the rail tracks owned by a company or organisation; a rail network
    • It was appropriate that 'King' number 6000 began the return to steam on British Rail metals in 1971.
  • * 1901 , Kipling, Kim ,
    • Now and again a night train roared along the metals within twenty feet of him; but he had all the Oriental’s indifference to mere noise, and it did not even weave a dream through his slumber.
  • * 1913 ,
    • They stood on the foot-bridge over Boathouse Station and looked at the metals gleaming coldly.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (metal)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    woods

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (uncountable) A dense collection of trees covering a relatively small area; smaller than a forest.
  • (Military) For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests).

    • Usage notes

    In English, one does not say "I was lost in the wood''',"'' but rather ''"I was lost in the '''woods ."

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * out of the woods * woodsman

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wood)
    • English pluralia tantum