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Planter vs Flowerpot - What's the difference?

planter | flowerpot |

As nouns the difference between planter and flowerpot

is that planter is a box or pot for plants, usually large and standing on the floor while flowerpot is a container in which plants are grown.

planter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A box or pot for plants, usually large and standing on the floor.
  • (historical) Any of the early English settlers, given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
  • A machine used for planting seeds.
  • A person who plants seeds, either by hand or by machine.
  • The owner of a plantation.

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    flowerpot

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia flowerpot) (en noun)
  • A container in which plants are grown.
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  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust.