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Favela vs Slums - What's the difference?

favela | slums |

As nouns the difference between favela and slums

is that favela is a slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil while slums is plural of lang=en.

As a verb slums is

third-person singular of slum.

favela

English

(wikipedia favela)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil
  • * (rfdate) The Week , Issue 601, page 8
    • Nine people have been shot dead in Rio de Janeiro during a power struggle for control of one of the city's notorious favelas , or slums. - Nine killed in shootout.
  • * (rfdate) Street Art , Foreword, page 8.
    • The favela is now the model for most of the world's cities, as vast numbers of people continue to migrate to them in order to survive.
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    slums

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (slum)