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City vs District - What's the difference?

city | district |

In uk terms the difference between city and district

is that city is a metonym for the United Kingdom's financial industries, which are principally based in the City of London while district is an administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.

As a verb district is

to divide into administrative or other districts.

As an adjective district is

rigorous; stringent; harsh.

city

English

(wikipedia city)

Alternative forms

* cyte

Noun

(cities)
  • A large settlement, bigger than a town.
  • :
  • *
  • *:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city'; the ' city of one's dreams.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city ’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
  • (lb) The central business district; downtown.
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    • Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the above definition of "city") * citify * citizen * city banker * city block * city boy * city center * city centre * city clerk * city desk * city district * city father * city girl * city hall * city limit * city line * city man * city manager * city planning * city room * city slicker * city-state * cityscape * citywide * (l) * holy city * inner city/inner-city * sister city * the city * twin city (city)

    Related terms

    * civic * civil

    See also

    * metropolis * megalopolis * megacity

    Statistics

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    district

    English

    (wikipedia district)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An administrative division of an area.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’}}
    the Soho district of London
  • An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
    • the Lake District in Cumbria
  • (UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
    • South Oxfordshire District Council

    Derived terms

    * congressional district * districthood * electoral district * school district

    Related terms

    * districtual

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To divide into administrative or other s.

    • Derived terms

    * redistrict

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
  • * Foxe
    • punishing with the rod of district severity

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