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Bedfordshire vs Cambridgeshire - What's the difference?

bedfordshire | cambridgeshire |

As proper nouns the difference between bedfordshire and cambridgeshire

is that bedfordshire is a midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire while Cambridgeshire is an inland county of East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.

bedfordshire

English

(wikipedia Bedfordshire)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
  • (British, slang) Bed.
  • * 1993 , Tom Wakefield, War Paint
    • I'll be up to Bedfordshire if you two don't mind. I'm on early shift in the morning so I'll have to be up and out by five.
  • * 1998 , Mary Sheepshanks, A Price for Everything
    • Now come along young lady, up to Bedfordshire .

    Usage notes

    The slang sense is used only for bed in its uncountable sense of a place to sleep, never to refer to an individual piece of furniture.

    Derived terms

    * Bedfordshire clanger

    cambridgeshire

    English

    (wikipedia Cambridgeshire)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An inland county of East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.