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Massachusetts vs Washington - What's the difference?

massachusetts | washington |

As proper nouns the difference between massachusetts and washington

is that massachusetts is a {{USstate}} Capital: Boston while Washington is George Washington, the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army of the American rebels and first President of the United States of America, from 1789 to 1797.

As a noun Washington is

{{cx|lang=en|slang|American English}} a one-dollar bill.

massachusetts

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A (USstate) Capital: Boston.
  • Derived terms

    * MA * Massachusettsan * Massachusettsian * Massachusite

    See also

    * * Bay Stater

    References

    * William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States (2004)

    washington

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army of the American rebels and first President of the United States of America, from 1789 to 1797.
  • , the federal capital of the United States since 1800.
  • (by synecdoche) The federal government or administrative authority of the United States.
  • A (USstate) Capital: Olympia; largest city: Seattle.
  • A in the county of Tyne and Wear in the Northeast of England.
  • popular during the first century of American independence, also in the form George Washington.
  • Derived terms

    * WA * * Washingtonian * Washington's Birthday

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a one-dollar bill
  • See also

    * * DC * ----