Britain vs Scotland - What's the difference?
britain | scotland |
The island of Great Britain, consisting of England, Scotland and Wales.
(loosely) The United Kingdom.
(in the plural) The British Empire.
* 1874 , The Times , 14 July 1874:
* 2002 , L. C. Lambdin and R. T. Lambdin, Companion to Old and Middle English Literature , 2002, p. 12:
(obsolete) Briton; British.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.11:
A country in northwest Europe to the north of England and forming part of the United Kingdom.
As proper nouns the difference between britain and scotland
is that britain is the island of great britain, consisting of england, scotland and wales while scotland is a country in northwest europe to the north of england and forming part of the united kingdom.As a noun britain
is .As an adjective britain
is (obsolete) briton; british.britain
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) Breoton, Bryten etc., from (etyl) Britannia; later reinforced by (etyl) Britaine, (etyl) Bretaigne, from (etyl) Brittannia, variant of Britannia, from (see Etymology 2, below).Proper noun
(s)- The name of 'Britain' [...] ought to answer every purpose, or if that be thought too condensed, it may be pluralized into ‘The Britains ’.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) Britannus (adjective and noun, plural ), apparently from (w) (compare (etyl) Priten).Noun
(en noun)- The Britains'’ struggles with the Scots and Picts [...] led to the ' Britains asking the Romans for help in constructing a great wall.
Adjective
(en adjective)- mightie Albion, father of the bold / And warlike people which the Britaine Islands hold […].