administrative division vs department

department vs administrative division

administrative division and department both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
administrative division	Yes	No	No	No
department	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, department is a hyponym of administrative division; that is, department is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than administrative division:

administrative division: a district defined for administrative purposes
department: the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

Other hyponyms of administrative division include borough, canton, city, commune, country, land, state, county, county palatine, federal district, reservation, reserve, school district, shire, municipality, prefecture, province, state, town, township, ward, disputed state, partially-recognized state, state with limited recognition, unrecognized state, Governorate-General.

administrative division (noun)	department (noun)
a district defined for administrative purposes	a specialized sphere of knowledge
	a specialized division of a large organization
	the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

Difference between administrative division and department

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.