different between thicket vs chaparral

English

Etymology

From Middle English *thikket, from Old English þiccet, from þicce (“thick”) + Old English nominal suffix -et. Compare similar German Dickicht (“thicket”), which is first attested in the 17th century, however.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?t/
• Rhymes: -?k?t
• Hyphenation: thick?et

Noun

thicket (plural thickets)

1. A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
2. (figuratively) A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
3. (computing, figuratively) The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software.

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See also

Anagrams

• ticketh

English

Etymology

From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??æp???æl/, /?t?æp???æl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??æp???æl/, /??æp????l/, [??æp??(?)æl], [??æp??(?)?l]
• Rhymes: -æl, -?l
• (US) Hyphenation: chap?ar?ral
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

chaparral (countable and uncountable, plural chaparrals)

1. (US) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.

   Coordinate term: macchia
2. The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.

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Further reading

• chaparral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “chaparral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Spanish

Etymology

From chaparro +? -al, from Basque txaparro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??apa?ral/, [t??a.pa?ral]
• Hyphenation: cha?par?ral

Noun

chaparral m (plural chaparrales)

1. chaparral

Descendants

• ? English: chaparral

Further reading

• “chaparral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.