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commonwealth vs city-state

city-state vs commonwealth

commonwealth and city-state both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
commonwealth Yes No No No
city-state Yes No No No
As nouns, city-state is a hyponym of commonwealth; that is, city-state is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than commonwealth:
  • commonwealth: a politically organized body of people under a single government
  • city-state: a state consisting of a sovereign city
commonwealth (noun) city-state (noun)
a politically organized body of people under a single government a state consisting of a sovereign city
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
Difference between commonwealth and city-state

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