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Chicago vs Houston - What's the difference?

chicago | houston |

As proper nouns the difference between chicago and houston

is that chicago is a large city located on in northeastern illinois, usa while houston is (habitational).

chicago

English

(Chicago)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A large city located on in northeastern Illinois, USA.
  • Synonyms

    * Chi-Town / Chitown (informal), the Windy City (informal), Hogtown

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from "Chicago") * Chicagoan * Chicagoland * Chicago dog * Chicagorilla * Chicago-style hot dog * Chicago-style * Chicago Protocol * Chicago typewriter

    Usage notes

    * In Chicago-related contexts, the word "Chicago" is often used to refer to certain attributes conventionally associated with the city, such as being tough and hearty, bustling and diverse, or ruthless and corrupt. ** '>citation ** {{quote-news, **, 1994, April 22, Vincent M. Lizzo, City of Rain, Chicago Reader citation , passage=Some of our real police-type deputies set up a deal on him and took him down in just two days. A very Chicago kind of crime, complete with a moral: the police don't tolerate outsiders messing on their turf. }} ** {{quote-book, **, 2004, Elizabeth Canning Blackwell, Frommer's Portable Chicago, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=TDkICyUlnSkC&pg=PA81, page=81, edition=4th ed., isbn=0764568841 , passage=Heavy, filling and very Chicago , Mr. Beef really hops during lunchtime, when dusty construction workers and suit-wearing businessmen crowd in for their meaty fix. }}

    References

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    houston

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (habitational)
  • A city in Texas, USA, named after (Sam Houston).
  • Any of a number of other places in the English-speaking world.
  • of mainly American usage, transferred from the surname.
  • The NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, named the since 1973.
  • :1970': ' Houston , we've had a problem here.
  • Derived terms

    * Houstonian

    Derived terms

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