Flowerpot vs. Vase — What's the Difference?

A flowerpot, flower pot, planter, planterette, or alternatively plant pot is a container in which flowers and other plants are cultivated and displayed. Historically, and still to a significant extent today, they are made from plain terracotta with no ceramic glaze, with a round shape, tapering inwards.

A vase ( or ) is an open container. It can be made from a number of materials, such as ceramics, glass, non-rusting metals, such as aluminium, brass, bronze, or stainless steel.

A pot in which plants are grown.

An open container, as of glass or porcelain, used for holding flowers or for ornamentation.

A pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.

An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

A vessel, commonly or earthenware, for earth in which plants are grown.

(architecture) The body of the Corinthian capital.

A container in which plants are cultivated

A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland.

A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche.

The calyx of a plant.

An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers