different between subtropical vs rainforest

English

Alternative forms

• sub-tropical

Etymology

sub- +? tropical

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p?k?l

Adjective

subtropical (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.

Translations

Noun

subtropical (plural subtropicals)

1. A subtropical plant.

Related terms

• subtropics

See also

• tropical

Catalan

Adjective

subtropical (masculine and feminine plural subtropicals)

1. subtropical

Portuguese

Adjective

subtropical m or f (plural subtropicais, comparable)

1. subtropical

Romanian

Etymology

From French subtropical

Adjective

subtropical m or n (feminine singular subtropical?, masculine plural subtropicali, feminine and neuter plural subtropicale)

1. subtropical

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

subtropical (plural subtropicales)

1. subtropical

English

Alternative forms

• rain forest

Etymology

From rain +? forest, a calque of German Regenwald.

Pronunciation

Noun

rainforest (countable and uncountable, plural rainforests)

1. A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.
   • 2002, Chris C. Park, Tropical Rainforests, page 27,

     Perhaps the most impressive expression of species diversity is the density of species found in a given area of rainforest.

   • 2004, Nigel E. Stork, 24: The Theory and Practice of Planning for Long-Term Conservation of Biodiversity of Wet Tropics Rainforests in Australia, Eldredge Bermingham, Christopher W. Dick, Craig Moritz (editors), Tropical Rainforests: Past, Present, and Future, page 508

     Tropical rainforests in Australia have suffered a fate similar in many ways to that of rainforests elsewhere in the world, but considerable progress in safeguarding the future of what remains has been made.

   • 2014, Nick Hunter, Rainforests, page 38,

     Enjoy your visit to the rainforests, because the next time you go there things could be very different.

Synonyms

• jungle, tropical forest

Translations

Anagrams

• Forsterian, rotiferans