Location vs. Local
Difference Between Location and Local
Locationnoun
A particular point or place in physical space.
Localadjective
From or in a nearby location.
We prefer local produce.Locationnoun
An act of locating.
Localadjective
Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.
Locationnoun
(South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.
Localadjective
Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.
Locationnoun
(legal) A leasing on rent.
Localadjective
(medicine) Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
The patient didn't want to be sedated, so we applied only local anesthesia.Locationnoun
A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
Localadjective
Descended from an indigenous population.
Hawaiian Pidgin is spoken by the local population.Locationnoun
The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc.
Localnoun
A person who lives near a given place.
It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.Locationnoun
a point or extent in space
Localnoun
A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.Locationnoun
the act of putting something in a certain place or location
Localnoun
(rail transport) A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.Locationnoun
a determination of the location of something;
he got a good fix on the targetLocalnoun
(British) One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
I got barred from my local, so I've started going all the way into town for a drink.Localnoun
(programming) A locally scoped identifier.
Functional programming languages usually don't allow changing the immediate value of locals once they've been initialized, unless they're explicitly marked as being mutable.Localnoun
An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.
Localnoun
clipping of local anesthetic
1989, Road House, 39:59:Well, Mr. Dalton, you may add nine staples to your dossier of thirty‐one broken bones, two bullet wounds, nine puncture wounds and four steel screws. That’s an estimate, of course. I’ll give you a local.Localnoun
public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops;
the local seemed to take forever to get to New YorkLocalnoun
anesthetic that numbs a local area of the body
Localadjective
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area;
local taxeslocal authoritiesLocaladjective
of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood;
local customslocal schoolsthe local citizensa local point of viewlocal outbreaks of flua local bus lineLocaladjective
affecting only a restricted part or area of the body;
local anesthesia
