every vs apart

[JACEK1]

Hello.
Young pine trees have been planted 10 metres apart.
Young pine trees have been planted every 10 metres.
In my opinion, "every" and "apart", at least in the sentences above, mean the same.
What do you think?
Thnk you.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello.

Young pine trees have been planted 10 metres apart.
Young pine trees have been planted every 10 metres.

In my opinion, "every" and "apart", at least in the sentences above, mean the same. What do you think?

Thank you.

For me, the second would work better as "A young pine tree has been planted every ten metres".

In answer to your actual question, though, in this context they mean the same thing.

 

[JACEK1]

Generally speaking, if two things are spaced at equal intervals from each other or more than two things are located at the same distance from one another, "every" or "apart" may be used.
Do you agree?

 

[emsr2d2]

That's pretty much what my final sentence indicated.

 

[JACEK1]

Unlike you, I used the word "generally.

 

[emsr2d2]

I said that, in this context, they mean the same thing. The context I was talking about was things being placed at an equal interval away from each other. You haven't suggested any other context in this thread. Until we consider lots of other contexts in which the words "apart" and "every" are used, I'm not prepared to say "Generally, ...".