colony vs settlement

settlement vs colony

colony and settlement both are nouns.

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

As nouns, colony and settlement are synonyms defined as:

colony and settlement: 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

colony (noun)	settlement (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	termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together	the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell	something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country	a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated	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 community of people smaller than a town
	an area where a group of families live together

Difference between colony and settlement

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