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Province vs Hue - What's the difference?

province | hue |

As a noun province

is 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).

As a proper noun province

is (british) northern ireland.

As a verb hue is

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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.
  • Derived terms

    * provincehood * provincewide

    Coordinate terms

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

    Proper noun

  • (British) Northern Ireland
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    hue

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) hewe, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Form; appearance; guise.
  • A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
  • * 1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde)
  • A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven, but the wind was continually charging and routing these embattled vapours; so that as the cab crawled from street to street, Mr. Utterson beheld a marvelous number of degrees and hues of twilight; for here it would be dark like the back-end of evening; and there would be a glow of a rich, lurid brown, like the light of some strange conflagration; and here, for a moment, the fog would be quite broken up, and a haggard shaft of daylight would glance in between the swirling wreaths.
  • The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
  • In digital arts, HSV color uses hue together with saturation and value.
  • (figuratively) A character; aspect.
  • Derived terms
    * hued

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hu, a hunting cry.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A shout or cry.
  • Derived terms
    * hue and cry

    Anagrams

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