Town vs. Country

Town and Country Definitions
Town
A population center that is larger than a village and smaller than a city.
Country
A nation or state.
Town
A territorial and political unit governed by a town meeting, especially in New England.
Country
The territory of a nation or state; land.
Town
(Informal) A city
New York is a big town.
Country
The people of a nation or state; populace
The whole country will profit from the new economic reforms.
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Town
Chiefly British A rural village that has a market or fair periodically.
Country
The land of a person's birth or citizenship
Foreign travel is restricted in his country.
Town
The residents of a town
The whole town was upset at the news.
Country
A region, territory, or large tract of land distinguishable by features of topography, biology, or culture
Hill country.
Bible country.
Town
An area that is more densely populated or developed than the surrounding area
Going into town to shop.
Country
An area or expanse outside cities and towns; a rural area
A vacation in the country.
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Town
The residents of a community in which a university or college is located, as opposed to the students and faculty
A dispute pitting town against gown.
Country
The people of a district who are eligible for jury service.
Town
A group of prairie dog burrows.
Country
A jury.
Town
A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.
Country
(Informal) Country music.
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Town
Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight.
Country
Of, relating to, or typical of the country
A country road.
Country cooking.
Town
A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
Country
Of or relating to country music.
Town
The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
Country
(chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.
Town
(colloquial) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
Call me when you get to town.
Country
A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, speakers of the same language etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.
Town
A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
Country
The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area; a sovereign state.
Town
(legal) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
Country
A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
Town
(obsolete) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the domain.
Country
Ellipsis of country music
A country song
A country singer
A country festival
Town
A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
Country
(mining) The rock through which a vein runs.
Town
London, especially central London.
Country
From or in the countryside or connected with it.
Town
Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
Country
Of or connected to country music.
Town
Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
Country
Originating in India rather than being imported from Europe or elsewhere.
Town
Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
God made the country, and man made the town.
Country
A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.
Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred.
I might have learned this by my last exile,that change of countries cannot change my state.
Many a famous realmAnd country, whereof here needs no account
Town
The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
Country
Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
As they walked, on their way into the country.
God made the covatry, and man made the town.
Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country.
Town
A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
Country
The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.
All the country in a general voiceCried hate upon him.
Town
The court end of London; - commonly with the.
Country
A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
Town
The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
Always hankering after the diversions of the town.
Stunned with his giddy larum half the town.
Country
The rock through which a vein runs.
Town
A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
Country
Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.
Town
An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city;
They drive through town on their way to work
Country
Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.
Town
An administrative division of a county;
The town is responsible for snow removal
Country
Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
She, bowing herself towards him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language.
Town
The people living in a municipality smaller than a city;
The whole town cheered the team
Country
The territory occupied by a nation;
He returned to the land of his birth
He visited several European countries
Country
A politically organized body of people under a single government;
The state has elected a new president
African nations
Students who had come to the nation's capitol
The country's largest manufacturer
An industrialized land
Country
The people who live in a nation or country;
A statement that sums up the nation's mood
The news was announced to the nation
The whole country worshipped him
Country
An area outside of cities and towns;
His poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country
Country
A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);
It was a mountainous area
Bible country