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Boomtown vs Cowtown - What's the difference?

boomtown | cowtown |

As nouns the difference between boomtown and cowtown

is that boomtown is a town that experienced (or is experiencing) a period of rapid growth due to some temporary activity while cowtown is (slang) a small town, a hick or backwards town.

boomtown

English

(wp)

Alternative forms

* boom town

Noun

  • A town that experienced (or is experiencing) a period of rapid growth due to some temporary activity.
    • The mining boomtown she remembered, was now a ghost town.

    See also

    * ghost town

    cowtown

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Canada, slang) The city of Calgary, centre of the Canadian cattle industry.

    • See also

    *(wikipedia "Cowtown")