Woods vs Glen - What's the difference?

As proper nouns the difference between woods and glen

is that woods is an english topographic surname, variant of wood while glen is for someone who lives in a valley.

(head)

(uncountable) A dense collection of trees covering a relatively small area; smaller than a forest.

(Military) For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests).

In English, one does not say "I was lost in the wood''',"'' but rather ''"I was lost in the '''woods ."

* See also

* out of the woods * woodsman

(head)

(wood)

English pluralia tantum

(en noun)

A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.