Topiary vs Pruning - What's the difference?
topiary | pruning |
In the manner of a topiary.
Of, or relating to art of topiaries.
* 1910 , American homes and gardens: Volume 7
(countable) A garden decorated with shrubs which have been trimmed in artistic shapes, often of animals.
(countable) One such shrub or tree.
* 1994 , , Lord of Chaos , prologue
(uncountable) Topiary gardening.
A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
(countable) Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
(computer science) A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.
In countable terms the difference between topiary and pruning
is that topiary is one such shrub or tree while pruning is something obtained by pruning, as a twig.As an adjective topiary
is in the manner of a topiary.As a verb pruning is
present participle of lang=en.topiary
English
(wikipedia topiary)Adjective
(-)- As the topiary art has been allowed to practically die out, it is difficult to secure the services of skilled clippers.
Noun
- The palace garden might have had a semblance of coolness had there been any trees, but the tallest things were fanciful topiary , tortured into the shapes of running horses or bears performing tumblers’ tricks or the like.