Area vs Nation - What's the difference?
area | nation |
(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
A particular geographic region.
Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (British) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
(soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
, title= (slang) Genitals.
An historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
A sovereign state.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (chiefly, historical) An association of students based on their birthplace or ethnicity. (jump)
(obsolete) A great number; a great deal.
(rare) Damnation.
(rare, dialectal) Extremely; very
* Mark Twain:
In lang=en terms the difference between area and nation
is that area is genitals while nation is damnation.As nouns the difference between area and nation
is that area is a measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units while nation is an historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.As an adverb nation is
extremely; very.area
English
Noun
(wikipedia area)Rob Dorit
Making Life from Scratch, passage=Today, a new area of research that similarly aims to mimic a complex biological phenomenon—life itself—is taking off. Synthetic biology, a seductive experimental subfield in the life sciences, seems tantalizingly to promise custom-designed life created in the laboratory.}}
- (Charles Dickens)
Wigan 2-2 Arsenal, passage=Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.}}
Derived terms
* * area code * area-denial * area of influence * area rug * area rule * Broca's area * combined statistical area * common area * danger area * disaster area * equal-area * free trade area * geographical area * goal area * gray area * grey area * lateral area * metropolitan area * metropolitan area network * notification area * outside gross area * penalty area * Planck area * prohibited area * protected area * rest area * restricted area * Ruhr Area * Schengen Area * safe area * second moment of area * service area * specific leaf area * staging area * surface area * terminal control area * Terminal High Altitude Area Defense * ventral tegmental area * Wernicke's areaSee also
* Imperial: square inches, square feet, square yards, square miles, acres * Metric: square meters/square metres, square centimeters/square centimetres, square kilometers/square kilometres, hectaresAnagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----nation
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)Fantasy of navigation, passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]:
- a nation of herbs
- (Sterne)
Usage notes
* (British) Following the establishment of the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, England, Scotland and Wales are normally considered distinct nations. Application of the term nation to the United Kingdom as a whole is deprecated in most style guides, including the BBC, most newspapers and in UK Government publications. Northern Ireland, being of less clear legal status, generally remains a province.Synonyms
* thede * (an association of students) student nationDerived terms
* First Nations * Ford Nation * national * nationality * nation building * nation-state * student nation * United NationsSee also
* country * culture * homeland * ethnicity * people * race * society * state * thedeEtymology 2
Probably short for (m).Noun
Adverb
- I'm nation sorry for you.
