Hinterland vs Backcountry - What's the difference?
hinterland | backcountry |
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,
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A remote region; the boondocks.
As nouns the difference between hinterland and backcountry
is that hinterland is the land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast while backcountry is a remote region; the boondocks.hinterland
English
Noun
(wikipedia hinterland) (en noun)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.
