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Neighborhood vs County - What's the difference?

neighborhood | county |

As nouns the difference between neighborhood and county

is that neighborhood is (chiefly|obsolete) the quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity while county is county.

neighborhood

English

Alternative forms

* neighbourhood (UK)

Noun

  • (chiefly, obsolete) The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity.
    • ''Our neighborhood was our only reason to exchange hollow greetings.
  • * 1667 , John Milton, Paradise Lost , Book 1, ll. 399-402:
    • Nor content with such / Audacious neighbourhood , the wisest heart / Of Solomon he led by fraud to build / His Temple right against the Temple of God.
  • * 1835 , , Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes :
    • Then the prison and the palace were in awful neighbourhood .
  • Close proximity, nearby area; particularly, close proximity to one's home.
    • He lives in my neighborhood .
  • The inhabitants of a residential area.
    • ''The fire alarmed the neighborhood.
  • A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
    • We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood .
  • An approximate amount.
    • He must be making in the neighborhood of $200,000 per year.
  • The quality of physical proximity.
    • The slums and the palace were in awful neighborhood .
  • (obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
  • (topology) An open set which contains the point in question.
  • (topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
  • (label) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
  • (topology) A set containing an open set which contains point in question.
  • (obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.

    • Synonyms

    * vicinity * proximity * quarter

    Derived terms

    * microneighborhood, microneighbourhood * hood * nabe

    See also

    * ("neighborhood" on Wikipedia)

    county

    English

    Noun

    (counties)
  • (historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
  • An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.
  • A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
    • traditional county

    Usage notes

    * In American usage, counties are almost always designated as such, with the word "County" capitalized and following the name — e.g., "Lewis County", rarely "Lewis", and never "County Lewis." * In British usage, counties are referenced without designation — e.g. "Kent" and never "Kent County". The exception is Durham, which is often "County Durham" (but never "Durham County"). An organisation such as Kent County Council is the "County Council" of "Kent" and not the "Council" of "Kent County". * In Irish usage, counties are frequently referenced, but like Durham precede the name — e.g., "County Cork" or "Cork" and never "Cork County."

    Derived terms

    * countyhood * countywide * another county heard from * traditional county

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
  • *1979 , , Smiley's People , Folio Society 2010, p. 274:
  • *:She was a tall girl and county , with Hilary's walk: she seemed to topple even when she sat.