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Tree vs Umbrella - What's the difference?

tree | umbrella |

As nouns the difference between tree and umbrella

is that tree is a large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age) while umbrella is cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.

As verbs the difference between tree and umbrella

is that tree is to chase (an animal or person) up a tree while umbrella is to cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.

tree

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Noun

(en-noun) (plural "treen" is obsolete)
  • A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age).
  • is the tallest living tree in the world.
    Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
  • Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense: for example the banana "tree".
  • An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks]] or storage [[platform, platforms.
  • He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree .
  • A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
  • He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
  • The structural frame of a saddle.
  • (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n'' vertices and ''n -1 edges.
  • (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
  • (graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
  • We’ll show it as a tree list.
  • Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
  • The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
  • (informal) Marijuana.
  • (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
  • Tyburn tree
  • * Bible, Acts x. 39
  • [Jesus] whom they slew and hanged on a tree .
  • (obsolete) wood; timber
  • * Wyclif Bible (2 Tim. ii. 20)
  • In a great house ben not only vessels of gold and of silver but also of tree and of earth.
  • (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
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    Proverbs

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    Hypernyms

    * plant * (in graph theory) graph

    Hyponyms

    * oak, fir, pine * see also:

    Synonyms

    * sapling, seedling

    See also

    * * arboreal

    Verb

    (d)
  • To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
  • The dog treed the cat.
  • To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
  • to tree a boot

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    umbrella

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
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  • *:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
  • Generally, anything that provides protection.
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  • Something that covers a wide range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
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  • The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
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  • Synonyms

    * (l) * (l) (colloquial) * (l) * (l)

    Derived terms

    * Japanese umbrella pine * subumbrella * umbrella bird * umbrella body * umbrella brand * umbrella fund * umbrellaless * umbrella organisation, umbrella organization * umbrella pine * umbrella plant * umbrella school * umbrella stand * umbrella term * umbrella tree

    See also

    * awning * bumbershoot * gamp * parasol * shield

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or protect, as if by an umbrella.
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  • To form the dome shape of an open umbrella.
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  • To move like a sea jelly.
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