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Province vs Calling - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between province and calling

is that province is a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level; one of ten of Canada's federated entities, recognized by the Constitution and having a separate representative of the Sovereign (compare territory) while calling is a strong urge to become religious.

As a proper noun province

is northern Ireland.

As a verb calling is

present participle of lang=en.

province

English

(wikipedia province)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A subdivision of government usually one step below the national level; (Canada) one of ten of Canada's federated entities, recognized by the Constitution and having a separate representative of the Sovereign (compare territory).
  • A territorial area within a country.
  • A jurisdiction; a (literal or figurative) area of authority.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "province")

    Derived terms

    * provincehood * provincewide

    Related terms

    * provincial

    Coordinate terms

    * canton * county * department * oblast * shire * state

    Proper noun

  • (British) Northern Ireland
    • ----

    calling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strong urge to become religious.
  • A job or occupation.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling , if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.}}

    Synonyms

    * vocation