colony vs dependency

dependency vs colony

colony and dependency both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colony	Yes	No	No	No
dependency	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, colony and dependency are synonyms defined as:

colony and dependency: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

colony (noun)	dependency (noun)
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government	a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together	the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell	being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

Difference between colony and dependency

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