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Woodbine vs Honeysuckle - What's the difference?

woodbine | honeysuckle |

Woodbine is a see also of honeysuckle.


As nouns the difference between woodbine and honeysuckle

is that woodbine is any of several unrelated climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the virginia creeper while honeysuckle is any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus lonicera in the caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.

woodbine

English

Noun

(wikipedia woodbine) (en noun)
  • Any of several unrelated climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper
  • * 1599 ,
  • *:URSULA. The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish
  • *:Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,
  • *:And greedily devour the treacherous bait:
  • *:So angle we for Beatrice; who even now
  • *:Is couched in the woodbine coverture.
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter II
  • *:Bob gave the man fair warning. Told him if he ever prowled around his home again he'd better come a–fogging; the man took a chance and now he's where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth for its mate.

    • honeysuckle

    English

    (wikipedia honeysuckle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.

    • Derived terms

    * * Italian honeysuckle

    See also

    * woodbine