Colony vs Outpost - What's the difference?
colony | outpost |
A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their original place of origin
Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
* Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain .
A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area
* The in Iowa were settled by people from Germany
A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
* ant colony
* The Portuguese Man O' War (Physalia physalis), also known as the bluebubble, bluebottle or the man-of-war, is commonly thought of as a jellyfish but is actually a siphonophore — a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids. Wikipedia article on (w, Portuguese Man o' War)
A collective noun for rabbits.
A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
The body of troops manning such a post.
An outlying settlement.
(chess) A square protected by a pawn that is in or near the enemy's stronghold.
As nouns the difference between colony and outpost
is that colony is a settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their original place of origin while outpost is a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.colony
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(colonies)Derived terms
* colonial (adj., n.) * colonialism (n.) * colonise, colonize * colonist (n.) * colonyhood (n.) * Cologne (city, n.) * penal colony * space colonyoutpost
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(en noun)- The outpost did not have enough ammunition to resist a determined assault.
- Sgt. Smith fleeced most of the rest of the outpost of their earnings in their weekly game of craps.
- Beyond the border proper, there are three small outposts not officially under government protection.