Town vs. 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.

Townnoun

Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.

Townnoun

A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

Townnoun

The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.

Townnoun

(colloquial) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.

Townnoun

(legal) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.

Townnoun

(obsolete) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.

Townnoun

(obsolete) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.

Townnoun

(obsolete) A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.

Townnoun

A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Townnoun

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.

Townnoun

Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.

Townnoun

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.

Townnoun

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.

Townnoun

A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.

Townnoun

The court end of London; - commonly with the.

Townnoun

The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.

Townnoun

A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Townnoun

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city;

Townnoun

an administrative division of a county;

Townnoun

the people living in a municipality smaller than a city;

Town

A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.

Countrynoun

(chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.

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.

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.

Countrynoun

(usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.

Countrynoun

ellipsis of country music

Countrynoun

(mining) The rock through which a vein runs.

Countrynoun

The female genitalia, especially the vagina.

Countryadjective

From or in the countryside or connected with it.

Countryadjective

Of or connected to country music.

Countrynoun

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.

Countrynoun

Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.

Countrynoun

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.

Countrynoun

A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.

Countrynoun

The rock through which a vein runs.

Countryadjective

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

Countryadjective

Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.

Countryadjective

Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.

Countrynoun

the territory occupied by a nation;

Countrynoun

a politically organized body of people under a single government;

Countrynoun

the people who live in a nation or country;

Countrynoun

an area outside of cities and towns;

Countrynoun

a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);

Countrynoun

a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory

Countrynoun

the people of a nation

Countrynoun

districts and small settlements outside large urban areas or the capital

Countrynoun

an area or region with regard to its physical features

Countrynoun

a region associated with a particular person, work, or television programme

Countrynoun

short for country music

Country

A country is a distinct territorial body or political entity (i.e. a nation).