Location vs. Locality

Location vs. Locality — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Location and Locality

Locationnoun

A particular point or place in physical space.

Localitynoun

The fact or quality of having a position in space.

Locationnoun

An act of locating.

Localitynoun

The features or surroundings of a particular place.

Locationnoun

(South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.

Localitynoun

The condition of being local.

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Locationnoun

(legal) A leasing on rent.

Localitynoun

The situation or position of an object.

Locationnoun

A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.

Localitynoun

An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.

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.

Localitynoun

Limitation to a county, district, or place.

locality of trial
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Locationnoun

a point or extent in space

Localitynoun

The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.

Locationnoun

the act of putting something in a certain place or location

Localitynoun

a surrounding or nearby region;

the plane crashed in the vicinity of Ashevilleit is a rugged localityhe always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhoodI will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods

Locationnoun

a determination of the location of something;

he got a good fix on the target