Oak vs. Pine — What's the Difference?

An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks.

A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus () of the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.

Any of numerous deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Quercus, bearing acorns as fruit.

An evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. Many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.

The hard durable wood of any of these trees or shrubs.

A pineapple.

Something made of this wood.

Suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart

Any of various trees or shrubs having wood or a leaf shape similar to that of certain oaks.

Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Pinus, having fascicles of needle-shaped leaves and producing woody seed-bearing cones. These trees are widely cultivated for ornament and shade and for their timber and resinous sap, which yields turpentine and pine tar.

Any of various brown shades resembling the wood of an oak in color.

Any of various other coniferous trees, such as the Norfolk Island pine.

(countable) A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.

The wood of any of these trees.

(uncountable) The wood of the oak.

Intense longing or grief.

A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

To feel a lingering, often nostalgic desire.

Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.

To wither or waste away from longing or grief

Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.

To grieve or mourn for.

The she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae

Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae

(countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.

Various species called silky oak, in family Proteaceae

(uncountable) The wood of this tree.

Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae

A pineapple.

Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in family Fagaceae, genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus.

(archaic) A painful longing.

The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase "to sport one's oak").

(intransitive) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.

(wine) The flavor of oak.

(intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.

Having a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

(transitive) To grieve or mourn for.

Made of oak wood or timber

(transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment.

To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.

Woe; torment; pain.

Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain.

Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.

The strong wood or timber of the oak.

The wood of the pine tree.

The hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

A pineapple.

A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves;

To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.

To grieve or mourn for.

To suffer; to be afflicted.

To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; - often used with away.

To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; - usually followed by for.

A coniferous tree

Straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

Have a desire for something or someone who is not present;