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Avenue vs District - What's the difference?

avenue | district |

As nouns the difference between avenue and district

is that avenue is a broad street, especially one bordered by trees (Wikipedia) while district is an administrative division of an area.

As a verb district is

to divide into administrative or other districts.

As an adjective district is

rigorous; stringent; harsh.

As a proper noun District is

the District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States.

avenue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A broad street, especially one bordered by trees ().
  • A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
  • The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=1 citation , passage=They said nothing further, but tramped on in the growing darkness, past farm steadings, into the little village, through the silent churchyard where generations of the Pallisers lay, and up the beech avenue that led to Northrop Hall.}}
  • A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
    • There are several avenues by which we can approach this problem.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=18 April , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Alexis Sanchez hit the crossbar for Barcelona early on and Pedro hit the post in the dying seconds - while Cole cleared off the line from Cesc Fabregas. Goalkeeper Petr Cech also saved well from Messi and Carles Puyol as Pep Guardiola's team tried every avenue in an attempt to break Chelsea down.}}

    Usage notes

    Sometimes used interchangeably with other terms such as street. When distinguished, an avenue' is generally broad and tree-lined. Further, in many American cities laid out on a grid, notably Manhattan, streets run east-west, while ' avenues run north-south. In French traditionally used for routes between two places within a city, named for the destination (or formally where it is coming from''), as in the archetypal ''Avenue des . This distinction is not observed in English, where names such as “(Fifth Avenue)” are common.

    Synonyms

    * (broad street) drive, boulevard * (broad street) , ave (abbreviation)

    district

    English

    (wikipedia district)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An administrative division of an area.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’}}
    the Soho district of London
  • An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
    • the Lake District in Cumbria
  • (UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
    • South Oxfordshire District Council

    Derived terms

    * congressional district * districthood * electoral district * school district

    Related terms

    * districtual

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To divide into administrative or other s.

    • Derived terms

    * redistrict

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
  • * Foxe
    • punishing with the rod of district severity

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