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Northamptonshire vs Bedfordshire - What's the difference?

northamptonshire | bedfordshire |

As proper nouns the difference between northamptonshire and bedfordshire

is that northamptonshire is an midland county of England. County town Northampton, bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire while Bedfordshire is a midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

northamptonshire

English

(wikipedia Northamptonshire)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • An midland county of England. County town Northampton, bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire.

    • bedfordshire

    English

    (wikipedia Bedfordshire)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
  • (British, slang) Bed.
  • * 1993 , Tom Wakefield, War Paint
    • I'll be up to Bedfordshire if you two don't mind. I'm on early shift in the morning so I'll have to be up and out by five.
  • * 1998 , Mary Sheepshanks, A Price for Everything
    • Now come along young lady, up to Bedfordshire .

    Usage notes

    The slang sense is used only for bed in its uncountable sense of a place to sleep, never to refer to an individual piece of furniture.

    Derived terms

    * Bedfordshire clanger