county

In historical terms the difference between canton and county

is that canton is the Chinese province of Guangdong while county is the land ruled by a count or a countess.

As a verb canton

is to delineate as a separate district.

As a proper noun Canton

is the Chinese city of Guangzhou.

As an adjective county is

characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.

In historical terms the difference between prefecture and county

is that prefecture is {{altname|commandery1}}, a former administrative division of imperial China while county is the land ruled by a count or a countess.

As nouns the difference between prefecture and county

is that prefecture is the office or position of a prefect while county is the land ruled by a count or a countess.

As an adjective county is

characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.

As nouns the difference between county and mounty

is that county is county while mounty is (obsolete) the rise of a hawk, after prey.

As a noun county

is county.

As an adjective cunty is

(vulgar|of a person) highly objectionable.

As nouns the difference between county and counts

is that county is county while counts is .

As a verb counts is

(count).

As nouns the difference between county and bounty

is that county is the land ruled by a count or a countess while bounty is generosity.

As an adjective county

is characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.

As nouns the difference between dutchy and county

is that dutchy is while county is county.

As an adjective dutchy

is difficult to understand, slurred, imprecisely articulated (of one's speech) (dialect: regional to rural central new york state).

As a noun county is

county.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and county

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while county is county.

As nouns the difference between suburb and county

is that suburb is the area on the periphery of a city or large town while county is the land ruled by a count or a countess.

As an adjective county is

characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.