Homestead vs Village - What's the difference?
homestead | village |
a house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm
the place that is one's home
(South Africa) A cluster of several houses occupied by an extended family
The home or seat of a family; place of origin.
* W. Tooke
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
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, title= (British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
(Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
As nouns the difference between homestead and village
is that homestead is a house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm while village is a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.As a verb homestead
is to acquire or settle on land as a homestead.homestead
English
Noun
(wikipedia homestead) (en noun)- (Dryden)
- We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural.
See also
* hstead * homesteading * smallholdingvillage
English
(wikipedia village)Noun
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