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Barrier vs Precinct - What's the difference?

barrier | precinct | Related terms |

Barrier is a related term of precinct.


As nouns the difference between barrier and precinct

is that barrier is a structure that bars passage while precinct is (chiefly|in the plural) an enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls.

barrier

English

(wikipedia barrier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A structure that bars passage.
  • An obstacle or impediment.
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    • , date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=11, magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier . But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}
  • A boundary or limit.

    • Derived terms

    * barrier reef * color barrier * crash barrier * diffusion-barrier * half-barrier * ice barrier * language barrier * racial barrier * sound barrier * tilt barrier * tire barrier * toll barrier

    precinct

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (chiefly obsolete)

    Noun

    (wikipedia precinct) (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) An enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls.
  • (UK) A pedestrianized and uncovered area.
  • (US, law enforcement) A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.
  • (US) A subdivision of a city or town for the purposes of voting and representation in city or town government. In cities, precincts may be grouped into wards.

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