Trellis vs Topiary - What's the difference?
trellis | topiary |
An outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area.
An outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants.
(computing theory) A kind of graph used in communication theory and encryption.
To train or arrange (plants) so that they grow against a trellis.
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.
As nouns the difference between trellis and topiary
is that trellis is an outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area while topiary is (countable) a garden decorated with shrubs which have been trimmed in artistic shapes, often of animals.As a verb trellis
is to train or arrange (plants) so that they grow against a trellis.As an adjective topiary is
in the manner of a topiary.trellis
English
Noun
(trellises)Synonyms
* treillageVerb
(es)- to trellis vines
Anagrams
* stiller * tillerstopiary
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.