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Headland vs Hinterland - What's the difference?

headland | hinterland |

As nouns the difference between headland and hinterland

is that headland is a bit of coastal land that juts into the sea; cape while hinterland is hinterland.

headland

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bit of coastal land that juts into the sea; cape.
  • The unplowed boundary of a field.

    • Synonyms

    * (coastal land that juts into the sea) peninsula

    See also

    * abuttal * portolan

    hinterland

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hinterland) (en noun)
  • The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
  • The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.
  • A remote or undeveloped area, a backwater.
  • (figuratively) That which is unknown or unexplored about someone.
  • (figuratively) Anything vague or ill-defined, especially one that is ill understood.
  • * 2007 , Lesley Jeffries, Textual Construction of the Female Body , abstract
    • This approach utilizes concepts such as naming, describing, contrasting and equating to access the hinterland between structure and meaning, and to map out the subtle ways in which texts can naturalise the ideology of the perfect female form.

    Synonyms

    * See: * (the) sticks

    See also

    * foreland

    References

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