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District vs Regions - What's the difference?

district | regions |

As nouns the difference between district and regions

is that district is an administrative division of an area while regions is plural of lang=en.

As a verb district

is to divide into administrative or other districts.

As an adjective district

is rigorous; stringent; harsh.

As a proper noun District

is the District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States.

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

    External links

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    regions

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • the rest of the country excluding the capital city or metropolitan region
  • * 2000 , Emer Hughes, Fair city losing out to the regions'', ''Sunday Business Post 7 November:
    • Tom Clancy of Elan Recruitment thinks that staff shortages in the regions could be as severe as in Dublin.
  • * 2003 , Peter Hetherington, Study points civil servants towards the regions'', ''The Guardian , 10 September:
    • Three government departments may be named for a move from London to the regions .

    Synonyms

    * (rest of the country) the provinces (British)

    Anagrams

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