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Grove vs Woods - What's the difference?

grove | woods |

As nouns the difference between grove and woods

is that grove is a small forest while woods is plural of lang=en.

As proper nouns the difference between grove and woods

is that grove is {{surname|habitational|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived near a grove while Woods is an English topographic surname, variant of Wood.

As a verb woods is

third-person singular of wood.

grove

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small forest.
  • An orchard of fruit trees.
  • (Druidism, Wicca) A place of worship

    • Related terms

    * mangrove

    woods

    English

    Noun

    (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).

    • Usage notes

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

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * out of the woods * woodsman

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wood)
    • English pluralia tantum