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Suburb vs Shantytown - What's the difference?

suburb | shantytown |

As nouns the difference between suburb and shantytown

is that suburb is the area on the periphery of a city or large town while shantytown is an area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings(jump).

suburb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The area on the periphery of a city or large town.
  • * Hallam
  • [London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous.
  • (by extension) The outer part; the environment.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • the suburbs of sorrow
  • * Milton
  • the suburb of their straw-built citadel
  • (AU, NZ) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.
  • Derived terms

    * suburbia * suburbian * suburban * burb

    shantytown

    English

    Alternative forms

    * shanty town

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.(jump)
  • Synonyms

    * (jump) Hooverville, slum