Plant vs. Herb
Difference Between Plant and Herb
Plantnoun
(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.Herbnoun
(countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
Plantnoun
(botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.
Herbnoun
(countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
If any medicinal herbs used by witches were supposedly evil, then how come people from at least the past benefited from the healing properties of such herbs?Plantnoun
(ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
Herbnoun
Marijuana.
Plantnoun
Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.
Herbnoun
A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
Plantnoun
A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.
Herbnoun
Grass; herbage.
Plantnoun
An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.
That gun's not mine! It's a plant! I've never seen it before!Herbnoun
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Plantnoun
Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).
Herbnoun
aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
Plantnoun
A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.
Plantnoun
(snooker) A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the second; a set.
Plantnoun
(uncountable) Machinery, such as the kind used in earthmoving or construction.
Plantnoun
(obsolete) A young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.
Plantnoun
(obsolete) The sole of the foot.
Plantnoun
A plan; a swindle; a trick.
Plantnoun
An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.
Plantnoun
A young oyster suitable for transplanting.
Plantverb
(transitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
Plantverb
(transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
That gun's not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!Plantverb
(transitive) To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
Plant your feet firmly and give the rope a good tug.to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a flag; to plant one's feet on solid groundPlantverb
To place in the ground.
Plantverb
To furnish or supply with plants.
to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forestPlantverb
To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
Plantverb
To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.
to plant a colonyPlantverb
To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.
to plant Christianity among the heathenPlantverb
To set up; to install; to instate.
Plantnoun
buildings for carrying on industrial labor;
they built a large plant to manufacture automobilesPlantnoun
a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
Plantnoun
something planted secretly for discovery by another;
the police used a plant to trick the thieveshe claimed that the evidence against him was a plantPlantnoun
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
Plantverb
put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground;
Let's plant flowers in the gardenPlantverb
fix or set securely or deeply;
He planted a knee in the back of his opponentThe dentist implanted a tooth in the gumPlantverb
set up or lay the groundwork for;
establish a new departmentPlantverb
place into a river;
plant fishPlantverb
place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive;
Plant a spy in Moscowplant bugs in the dissident's apartmentPlantverb
put firmly in the mind;
Plant a thought in the students' minds
