brush vs vegetation

vegetation vs brush

brush and vegetation both are nouns.

brush is a verb but vegetation is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brush	Yes	No	Yes	No
vegetation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vegetation is a hypernym of brush; that is, vegetation is a word with a broader meaning than brush:

brush: a dense growth of bushes
vegetation: all the plant life in a particular region or period

Other hypernyms of brush include botany, flora.

brush (noun)	vegetation (noun)
a minor short-term fight	inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life
the act of brushing your hair	an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)
the act of brushing your teeth	all the plant life in a particular region or period
contact with something dangerous or undesirable	the process of growth in plants
a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
momentary contact
a dense growth of bushes

brush (verb)	vegetation (verb)
remove with or as if with a brush
touch lightly and briefly
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
clean with a brush
cover by brushing
sweep across or over

Difference between brush and vegetation

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