Town vs Resort - What's the difference?
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A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.
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Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
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A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
The residents (as opposed to (gown): the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
(label) (Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion).
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(label) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
(label) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
(label) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
(label) A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities]] such as [[lodging, lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.
* Milton
To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
* Clarendon
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To fall back; to revert.
* Sir M. Hale
To make one's way, go (to).
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XIII:
An act of sorting again.
* 1991, Dr. Dobb's journal: software tools for the professional programmer , Volume 16:
(obsolete) Active power or movement; spring.
* Francis Bacon
As nouns the difference between town and resort
is that town is a settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city while resort is a place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities]] such as [[lodging|lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment or resort can be an act of sorting again or resort can be (obsolete) active power or movement; spring.As a verb resort is
to have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration or resort can be to repeat a sorting process; sort again.town
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Noun
(wikipedia town) (en noun)citation, passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.}}
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Usage notes
An urban city is typically larger than a rural town, which in turn is typically larger than a village. In rural areas, a town'' is considered urban. In urban areas, a ''town is considered suburban; a village in the suburbs.Derived terms
* boom town/boomtown * company town * county town * cow town * cross town/cross-town/crosstown * downtown * ghost town * go to town * hometown * in town * jerkwater town * man about town * market town * new town * on the town * one-horse town * only game in town * out of town * paint the town red * post town * satellite town * shanty town * shire town * skip town * small-town * talk of the town * toast of the town * town and gown * town ball * town car * town center/town centre * town-crier * townee * towner * town gas * town hall/townhall * town house/townhouse * townhome * townie * townland * townless * townlet * town planning * townsfolk * township * townsman * town square * town twinning * townwide * twin town * uptown * (town)See also
* urban * suburban * ruralStatistics
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- to have resort to violence
- Join with me to forbid him her resort .
- far from all resort of mirth
Verb
(en verb)- The king thought it time to resort to other counsels.
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- The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors.
- The same daye went Jesus out off the housse, and sat by the seesyde, and moch people resorted unto him, so gretly that he went and sat in a shyppe, and all the people stode on the shoore.
Derived terms
* last resortEtymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- "If further sorting is required, begin anew with opcode = 0. opcode = -3 may be set to build an index file following an initial sort with opcode set to 0, or a resort with opcode set to -1.
Etymology 3
(etyl) ressort.Noun
(en noun)- Some know the resorts and falls of business that cannot sink into the main of it.