Town vs. Country
Difference Between Town and Country
Townnoun
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.
This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.Countrynoun
(chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.
Townnoun
Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight.Countrynoun
A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, language speakers etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.
Townnoun
A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
Countrynoun
The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.
Townnoun
The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
Countrynoun
(usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
Townnoun
(colloquial) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
Call me when you get to town.Countrynoun
ellipsis of country music
Townnoun
(legal) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
Countrynoun
(mining) The rock through which a vein runs.
Townnoun
(obsolete) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
Countrynoun
The female genitalia, especially the vagina.
Townnoun
(obsolete) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
Countryadjective
From or in the countryside or connected with it.
Townnoun
(obsolete) A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
Countryadjective
Of or connected to country music.
Townnoun
A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
Countrynoun
the territory occupied by a nation;
he returned to the land of his birthhe visited several European countriesTownnoun
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city;
they drive through town on their way to workCountrynoun
a politically organized body of people under a single government;
the state has elected a new presidentAfrican nationsstudents who had come to the nation's capitolthe country's largest manufactureran industrialized landTownnoun
an administrative division of a county;
the town is responsible for snow removalCountrynoun
the people who live in a nation or country;
a statement that sums up the nation's moodthe news was announced to the nationthe whole country worshipped himTownnoun
the people living in a municipality smaller than a city;
the whole town cheered the teamCountrynoun
an area outside of cities and towns;
his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the countryCountrynoun
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 areaBible country
