administrative unit vs division

division vs administrative unit

administrative unit and division both are nouns.

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

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

administrative unit: a unit with administrative responsibilities
division: an administrative unit in government or business

Other hyponyms of administrative unit include Inland Revenue, IR, Ordnance Survey, UN agency, United Nations agency, council, secretariat, secretariate, commission, committee, agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office, intelligence, intelligence agency, intelligence service, international law enforcement agency, redevelopment authority, regulatory agency, regulatory authority, weather bureau, placement center, placement office, child welfare agency, child welfare service, Russian agency.

administrative unit (noun)	division (noun)
a unit with administrative responsibilities	the act or process of dividing
	an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
	the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
	one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
	discord that splits a group
	an army unit large enough to sustain combat
	a group of ships of similar type
	a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
	an administrative unit in government or business
	(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
	(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
	a league ranked by quality

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