Difference between Boxwood and Box

What is the difference between Boxwood and Box?

Boxwood as a noun is the box tree, buxus sempervivens while Box as a noun is a rectangular container, usually with a hinged lid.

Boxwood

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The box tree, Buxus sempervivens The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays

Box

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A rectangular container, usually with a hinged lid.As much as fills a box.A compartment to sit in at a theater, courtroom or auditorium.A small rectangular shelter like a booth.A rectangular border around an image or section of text.A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements.A trap or predicament.The driver's seat on a coach.A hard protector for the genitals worn by a batsman or close fielder inside the underpants.A cylindrical casing around for example a bearing or gland.The penalty area.A computer, or the case in which it is housed.(with the) Television.The vagina.coffin.A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus.Boxwood: the wood from a box tree.A blow with the fist.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To place inside a box.To hem in.To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.To strike with the fists.To punch (a person).To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

Example sentence: I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.'

We hope you now know whether to use Boxwood or Box in your sentence.

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