Greenhouse vs. Hothouse
Difference Between Greenhouse and Hothouse
Greenhousenoun
A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
Hothousenoun
A heated greenhouse.
Greenhousenoun
The glass of a plane's cockpit.
Hothousenoun
(figurative) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.
Greenhouseverb
(transitive) To place (plants) in a greenhouse.
Hothousenoun
(obsolete) A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.
Greenhousenoun
a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
Hothousenoun
A heated room for drying greenware.
Greenhouseadjective
of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect;
greehouse gasesHothousenoun
(climatology) A hot state in global climate.
Hothouseverb
(of a child) To provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.
Hothousenoun
a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
