How is a forest different from a jungle?

Question

I always used them interchangeably. Was I right? Or are there any real differences between the two?

Answer 1

I use dictionary.com for things like this, the results of the two word searches are that a forest is perceived to be more 'organized' in the sense that it is more simply a lot of trees in an area, a woodland, and not all areas in the world have forests such as there are in certain areas, like the Black Forest in Germany, or smaller forests in Great Britain, or in the USA.
A jungle is perceived to be more 'wild' with a tangle of a lot of treeas and plants such as are found in the more tropical areas.

So when we say "you can't see the forest for the trees' we get a picture of a lot of vertical trees, each one adding to the rest and resulting in a large area of them,,, whereas when we say 'it's a jungle out here' we picture trees, vines, grasses and a hodge podge of tangled stuff that we have to cut through in order to proceed.

Answer 2

Forest is composed mostly of trees. It's a small scale as compared to a jungle. They are not interchangeable. One is smaller than the other.

Answer 3

FOREST is a large area of land covered in trees and other plants growing close together, or the trees growing on it.

While the JUNGLE is an area of tropical rain forest covered with vegetation so dense that it is largely impenetrable.

Answer 4

Jungle is in India in Panchtantra Ki Kahaniyan... and Forest is in Other Western countries in their Fairy Tales...:)

Answer 5

forest - a large area of land covered with trees and plants, usually larger than wood, or the trees and plants themselves.

jungle - an uncontrolled or confusing mass of things (usually, a place where trees and plants grow very closely together).

Answer 6

you can't see the forest for the trees, but you can see the jungle for the zoos.

Answer 7

for·est (fôr'ĭst, fŏr'-) pronunciation
n.

1. A dense growth of trees, plants, and underbrush covering a large area.



jun·gle (jŭng'gəl) pronunciation
n.

1. Land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation.
2. A dense thicket or growth.


one's tropical

Answer 8

forest is quite different from jungle
in forest there are more trees and less no.of animals
where as in jungle there are more animals and less people

Answer 9

its never made me also understand the difference. Well i feel forests are thicker or denser than jungles.

you have the asked the question i was waiting to ask this forum.

lets see the answers