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The short of it is they are both polymers. Wood consists of compressed cells, the walls of which contain celluloses. Plastics are artificial polymers, repeating units of one or maybe two smaller molecules.
The repeating unit of celluloses is glucose. It is how they glucose is arranged brings about the wide variety of wood (plus all the glues, resins and tannins).
The repeating unit of plastics can as simple as ethylene, a 2 carbon double bonded molecule.
Plastics are really polymers, it is just that some types have plasticizers added to them to make them flexible. Celluloses is the plural term because there are whole variety of them, including the stringy bits off celery (nature' own dental floss).
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