different between husbandry vs planting

English

Etymology

From Middle English hus-b??ndr?, hus-b??ndr?e, husbanderi, husbonderie, housbondrye, housebondrie (“household management, housekeeping; household duties; economy, skilful management, thrift; farm management, agriculture, farming; cultivation; household articles; husbands collectively”), from h?us-b??nd, h?us-b??nde (“male spouse, husband; master of a house; male head of a household; man having charge of something, household manager; (figuratively) host, inhabitant, resident; bondsman, villein; farmer, husbandman”) (see further at husband) + -r?e (suffix forming nouns collectively denoting members or practitioners of a craft or profession). The English word can be analysed as husband +? -ry.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?zb(?)nd?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?zb(?)nd?i/, /?h?z-/
• Hyphenation: hus?band?ry

Noun

husbandry (countable and uncountable, plural husbandries)

1. The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.

   Synonym: agronomy
2. The prudent management or conservation of resources.

   Synonyms: economy, frugality, thrift
3. (now chiefly nautical) Administration or management of day-to-day matters.
4. (obsolete) Agricultural or cultivated land.

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References

Further reading

• agriculture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• animal husbandry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pl??nt??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?plænt??/

Noun

planting (plural plantings)

1. A plant (or clipping) that has been freshly planted.

   Take one of the plantings over as a house-warming gift.

2. The act of setting a plant in the ground for growth.
3. A plantation.

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Verb

planting

1. present participle of plant