Campaign vs Country - What's the difference?
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A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
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(obsolete) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.
The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
To take part in a campaign.
(label) An area of land; a district, region.
* 2010 , David Vann, The Observer , 7 Mar 2010:
A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, language speakers etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.
* 2007 , Chris Moss, The Guardian , 17 Feb 2007:
The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.
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Country music.
(label) The rock through which a vein runs.
From or in the countryside or connected with it.
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Of or connected to country music.
As nouns the difference between campaign and country
is that campaign is a series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal while country is (label) an area of land; a district, region.As a verb campaign
is to take part in a campaign.As an adjective country is
from or in the countryside or connected with it.campaign
English
(wikipedia campaign)Noun
(en noun)- an election campaign'''; a military '''campaign
- The company is targeting children in their latest advertising campaign .
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Derived terms
* advertising campaign * election campaign * military campaign * political campaign * rumor campaign * whisper campaignVerb
(en verb)- She campaigned for better social security.
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country
English
Noun
(countries)- We walk along flat, open country , red dirt and spinifex grass, a few short trees.
- This is condor country - the only region this far east where you can see the magnificent vulture - and a small national park straddling the passes, El Condorito, is a good stopover for walkers and birders.
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- It is a beautiful country of rolling hills, fertile valleys, and a thousand rivers and streams which keep the landscape green even in winter.
- These days corporate Germany looks rather different. Volkswagen, the country ’s leading carmaker, wants to be the world’s biggest by 2018.
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- I have always thought that one of the main reasons for the popularity of blood sports in the country is the pointlessness of going outdoors with no purpose or destination in mind.