What's the difference between lawn and turf?

Lawn


Definition:

  • (n.) An open space between woods.
  • (n.) Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After formation of a cell lawn and addition of cytostatics of the arbitrarily selected medicaments vinblastin, bleomycin, cis-DDP, actinomycin D the reaction of the cells on the drugs was judged light-microscopically and electrophysiologically by measuring the transmembrane potential 24 hours after the application of medicaments.
  • (2) Many of Long’s pieces are fragile and fleeting: a stripe of un-mown grass in an otherwise close cropped lawn at the Henry Moore foundation , a misty circle in Scotland that lasted only until the day warmed up, a stripe of green grass left by plucking daisies, or paintings in wet mud that dry out and crumble.
  • (3) Lisa and Brian converted the old wooden schoolhouse six years ago and the design is bright and eclectic, think retro school desks, a funky red kitchen, a clear geodesic dome in the garden for stargazing and chill-out time and a giant chess set on the lawn.
  • (4) One day in 2010 we were out on the lawn when suddenly it was as if a tower block was obscuring our view.
  • (5) The mood is fantastic: upbeat, from a crowd of older locals reliving their youth to cool young thangs attracted by Margate’s burgeoning reputation as Dalston-sur-Mer; fiftysomething men in braces and Harringtons, candy-floss-chomping teens… People are picnicking on the fake lawn beside the hair and beauty caravan, children gyrating newly bought hula-hoops to the strains of I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts.
  • (6) You will come out on the North Lawn with Speke Hall on your right – a beautiful view whatever the season.
  • (7) Persons at high risk for infection, such as outdoor workers, campers and hikers, suburbanites with lawns to cut, and pregnant women exposed to potentially infected Ixodes ticks, are clamouring for some means of protection beyond simple behaviour modification and tick avoidance which are known not always to work.
  • (8) They flew back late Tuesday night ahead of a formal welcome on Wednesday morning with a 19-gun salute on the South Lawn of the White House, the grandest reception for any world leader in Washington this year.
  • (9) A giant inflatable doll with the face of Shaker Aamer , the last British resident held at Guantánamo who returned to the UK last October after 14 years’ incarceration, was displayed not far from the White House fence and front lawn.
  • (10) Other hobbies included watching husbands die, remarrying on the Southfork ranch lawn, and being played by a different actor for a season.
  • (11) Exactly 20 years have passed since the Oslo accords were signed on the White House lawn.
  • (12) Then she married, had two more children, moved to Hawaii and lead a regular life working in real estate, punctuated by paparazzi camping out on her lawn whenever Polanski made a move.
  • (13) An alternative method is to replicate patches of different mutant strains (100 per plate) onto Hfr lawns; in this case more than 1,000 different mutants can be mapped in a single experiment in a few days.
  • (14) Vibrio cholerae cells, infected with the sex factor P, produce discrete, plaque-like clearings when plated on lawns of P(-) cells.
  • (15) Virginia congressman Gerry Connolly briefly pushed back at Republican suggestions that secret service agents always ought to use lethal force in such situations, saying “the idea we have a shoot out on the White House lawn ought to be a last resort not a first resort”.
  • (16) Outside, through the window, the sun is shining and a lawn mower slowly traces lines on the training pitch named after Tito Vilanova.
  • (17) My whole lawn was nothing but Clinton yard signs” during the election, she said.
  • (18) Spirochete prevalence in ticks did not differ among lawn types or at different distances from the woods.
  • (19) He would bring back a gondolier's rowlock from Venice; he would haul hollowed logs or curious roots out of the river to lie on the lawn; he would explain the workings of the Japanese deer-scarer or he would arrange single branches of leaves or flowers, Japanese style, the better to admire the colour of the stems, the shape of the leaves, the streaks in the bark.
  • (20) Serious injuries secondary to lawn darts have not been reported.

Turf


Definition:

  • (n.) That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.
  • (n.) Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.
  • (n.) Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the.
  • (v. t.) To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Total body dose of 2,4-D was determined in 10 volunteers following exposure to sprayed turf 1 hour following application and in 10 volunteers exposed 24 hours following application.
  • (2) Eighty-three percent reported their initial injury on artificial turf (P less than 0.05).
  • (3) But to leave with the result 1-0, I don’t believe too much that he can play.” Mourinho had actually walked on to the turf while his players celebrated their opening goal to stamp in some of the divots.
  • (4) José Mourinho ended this breathless contest on his knees with a sliding, turf-surfing celebration that was fuelled by relief as much as joy.
  • (5) But even so, EA’s latest football offering promises a Yaya Toure-strong accompaniment to the greatest show on turf.
  • (6) Visit Narvik (as above) is great for finding budget accommodation ranging from eco-hotels, such as turf-roofed Fjellkysten eco-lodge (doubles from £94 room only, ), to traditional Sami camps such as Pippira Siida (cabin for two from £33, ).
  • (7) Instead, having already gestured to the crowd after shooting wide, the 19-year-old threw his jersey to the turf and marched angrily towards the tunnel at full-time.
  • (8) Southampton must be optimistic for the rest of the season too, after nervelessly outplaying Liverpool on their own turf.
  • (9) The southern stretch of London Road, a down-at-heel strip containing pound shops and amusement arcades, became the gang’s turf.
  • (10) Back on home turf, Chelsea fans condemn club’s Paris racism shame Read more Burnley continued to pose problems but were kept mostly at arm’s length by Chelsea.
  • (11) Southampton 3-0 Vitesse | Europa League third qualifying round match report Read more Even more damagingly for West Ham, they lost Enner Valencia to a potentially nasty knee injury in the first half after he caught his leg in the turf.
  • (12) His players paraded the Europa League trophy on the pitch after securing third place here, both achievements that would normally merit acclaim, but the interim manager remained inside while his coaching staff joined the joyous throng out on the turf.
  • (13) A sense of a common enemy, a common cause, brought members of gangs from different territories – gangs partly defined by their defence of territory and hostility to those from other turfs – to co-operate for as long as the disturbances lasted.
  • (14) While the player will earn around £1.5m per season at Turf Moor – his biggest ever salary – Jazira offered markedly more.
  • (15) She’s keen on promoting bike culture and, once she’s ridden to work at the museum, the bike sits idle on prime tourist turf for the rest of the day.
  • (16) The bodies of 23 people have been found hanging from a bridge or decapitated and dumped near city hall in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, where drug cartels are fighting a bloody and escalating turf war.
  • (17) At full-time, he crouched on to his haunches and stared blankly at the turf.
  • (18) Amid the duck islands and dodgy mortgages, the turfing out of rogues might have been expected to top the wish list.
  • (19) In last Saturday’s 2-0 win over Liverpool at Turf Moor he made a bright start, creating Andre Gray’s second.
  • (20) In the end the Chelsea players who had hoped to conquer the world were left slumped on the turf as the Brazilian drums pounded and the raucous hordes of Corinthians supporters bellowed their celebration into the night sky.