whats the difference between a forest and a wood?

Question

my 4 year old expects me to know everything!

Answer 1

Forrests have more trees, closer together, than with woods, more light gets to woods.

Answer 2

Forest Vs Woods

Answer 3

Woods Vs Forest

Answer 4

A forest is an area with a high density of trees (or, historically, a wooded area set aside for hunting). Actually, many definitions of a forest exist [1]. These plant communities cover large areas of the globe and function as carbon dioxide sinks, animal habitats, hydrologic flow modulators, and soil conservers, constituting one of the most important aspects of the Earth's biosphere.

Forests are differentiated from woodlands by the extent of canopy coverage: in a forest the branches and foliage of separate trees often meet or interlock, although there can be gaps of varying sizes within an area referred to as forest. A woodland has a more continuously open canopy, with trees spaced further apart, which allows more sunlight to penetrate to the ground between them

Answer 5

Forest
A dense growth of trees, plants, and underbrush covering a large area.
Something that resembles a large, dense growth of trees, as in density, quantity, or profusion: a forest of skyscrapers.
A defined area of land formerly set aside in England as a royal hunting ground.

Wood
The secondary xylem of trees and shrubs, lying beneath the bark and consisting largely of cellulose and lignin.
This tissue, often cut and dried especially for use as building material and fuel.

A dense growth of trees or underbrush covering a relatively small or confined area. Often used in the plural.
A forest. Often used in the plural.

It seems the difference is wood is the singular and forest is the plural many more than one wood

Answer 6

I grew up in the country, and I believe the forest is more vast an area than the woods. The woods is usually more local, I would think. Other than that, the terms are usually used interchangeably.

Answer 7

Woods can be a few acres and a forest can be a few thousand acres. Don't know if there is a between, however, with the timber industry being what it is, a forest can now be just a few trees!

Answer 8

A forest is larger than a wood.

Answer 9

Forests usually take up a vast expanse. A wood can be a small field of trees.

Answer 10

My opinion ...

A forest applies more to a place where small & big wild animals/reptiles roamed among thick foliaged trees .

A wood applies more to a place with many trees but habitated by smaller animals.

Any objections from Yahoo folks..?

Answer 11

i am a chinese,but still have a try , a forest may be larger or smaller than a wood in area ,there is a novel named Norwegian Wood, according to the chinese translation, i think a wood is larger
in area