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Transplant vs Planting - What's the difference?

transplant | planting |

As verbs the difference between transplant and planting

is that transplant is to uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place while planting is .

As nouns the difference between transplant and planting

is that transplant is an act of uprooting and moving (something) while planting is a plant (or clipping) that has been freshly planted.

transplant

English

Verb

(transplanting) (en verb)
  • To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
  • To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
  • (medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of uprooting and moving (something).
  • Anything that is transplanted.
  • (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
  • (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.
  • (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
  • * 2012 , Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 29 Oct 2012:
  • The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke.

    planting

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A plant (or clipping) that has been freshly planted.
  • Take one of the plantings over as a house-warming gift.

    Verb

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