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Spruce vs Cedar - What's the difference?

spruce | cedar |

In uncountable terms the difference between spruce and cedar

is that spruce is the wood of a spruce while cedar is the aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several unrelated trees.

As nouns the difference between spruce and cedar

is that spruce is any of various large coniferous evergreen trees from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir while cedar is a coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.

As an adjective spruce

is smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).

As a verb spruce

is to arrange neatly; tidy up.

As a proper noun Cedar is

a programming language.

spruce

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees from the genus Picea , found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
  • (uncountable) The wood of a spruce.
  • (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.
    • That spruce table is beautiful!
  • (obsolete) Prussia leather; pruce.
  • * E. Phillips
    • Spruce , a sort of leather corruptly so called for Prussia leather.

    See also

    * (Spruce) * (Picea)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (comparable) Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).
  • * 1919 ,
    • He had great neatness of person, and he continued to wear his spruce black coat and his bowler hat, always a little too small for him, in a dapper, jaunty manner.
  • * 2012 , The Economist, 13th Oct 2012, Plessey returns: Chips with everything
    • The two clean rooms, where chips are made, are sprucer than a hospital theatre.

    Verb

    (spruc)
  • To arrange neatly; tidy up.
  • ) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
  • To tease.

    • Derived terms

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    cedar

    English

    (wikipedia cedar) (Cedrus)

    Noun

  • (countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
  • (countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus'', ''Cupressus'', , or ''Thuja .
  • *
    • There had been dry seasons, accumulations of dust, wind-blown seeds, and cedars rose wonderfully out of solid rock.
  • (countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera .
  • (uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several unrelated trees.

    • Derived terms

    * Alaska cedar * Alaska yellow cedar * Atlantic cedar * Atlantic white cedar * Atlas cedar * Barbados bastard cedar * Barbados cedar * bastard cedar * Bermuda cedar * Brazilian cedar * British Columbian cedar * Bussaco cedar * * Canary cedar * Cape cedar * cedar apple * cedar-apple rust * cedar ball * cedar bird * (Cedar Bluff) * (Cedar Bluffs) * (Cedar Beach) * cedar camphor * cedar chest * (Cedar City) * cedar closet * (Cedar County) * (Cedar Crest) * cedared * cedar elm * (Cedar Falls) * (Cedar Fire) * (Cedar Forest) * (Cedar Fort) * (Cedar Glen Lakes) * (Cedar Glen West) * cedar green, cedar-green * (Cedar Grove) * (Cedar Hill) * (Cedar Hill Lakes) * (Cedar Hills) * (Cedar Island) * (Cedar Key) * (Cedar Lake) * cedar leaf oil * cedar-like * cedar mahogany * cedar marble * (Cedar Mill) * (Cedar Mills) * (Cedar Mountain) * cedarn * cedar-nut * cedar of Goa * * cedar oil * (Cedar Park) * (Cedar Rapids) * (Cedar Revolution) * (Cedar River) * cedar robe * cedar shake * cedar shingle * cedar siding * (Cedar Springs) * cedar-swamp * (Cedar Township) * (Cedar Vale) * (Cedar Valley) * cedar waxwing * cedar-wood, cedarwood * cedar wood oil * cedary * Chilean cedar * Chinese cedar * cigar-box cedar * coast white cedar * Cyprus cedar * deodar cedar * Dominica cedar * east African cedar * eastern red cedar * East Indian cedar * falsa cedar * Goa cedar * ground cedar * Himalayan cedar * Honduras cedar * incense cedar * Jamaica cedar * Japan cedar * Japanese cedar * Lawson's cedar * Lebanon cedar * Mexican cedar * Nootka cedar * oil of cedar * Oregon cedar * Oregon white cedar * pencil cedar * pencil-wood cedar * Philippine cedar * Port Orford white cedar * prickly cedar * red Australian cedar * red Californian cedar * red cedar * redcedar * Russian cedar * salt cedar * Singapore cedar * southern red cedar * southern white cedar * Spanish cedar * stinking cedar * true cedar * Turkish cedar * Virginia red cedar * water cedar * West Indian cedar * white cedar * whitecedar * yellow cedar

    Related terms

    * cedr- * * cedrelaceous * cedrelate * cedrine

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