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Regions vs Territories - What's the difference?

regions | territories |

As nouns the difference between regions and territories

is that regions is while territories is .

regions

English

Noun

(head)
  • the rest of the country excluding the capital city or metropolitan region
  • * 2000 , Emer Hughes, Fair city losing out to the regions'', ''Sunday Business Post 7 November:
  • Tom Clancy of Elan Recruitment thinks that staff shortages in the regions could be as severe as in Dublin.
  • * 2003 , Peter Hetherington, Study points civil servants towards the regions'', ''The Guardian , 10 September:
  • Three government departments may be named for a move from London to the regions .

    Synonyms

    * (rest of the country) the provinces (British)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    territories

    English

    Noun

    (head)