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Provinces vs Prefecture - What's the difference?

provinces | prefecture |

As nouns the difference between provinces and prefecture

is that provinces is while prefecture is prefecture.

provinces

English

Noun

(head)
  • The part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a hinterland. See provincial.
    • ----

    prefecture

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The office or position of a prefect.
  • The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French and Japanese administrative divisions.
  • (historical) , a former administrative division of imperial China.

    • Derived terms

    * (adj) prefectural