country vs city block

city block vs country

country and city block both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
country	Yes	No	No	No
city block	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, city block is a hyponym of country; that is, city block is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than country:

country: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
city block: a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings

Other hyponyms of country include arena, high country, bed-ground, bed ground, bedground, broadcast area, center, centre, eye, heart, middle, corner, corner, disaster area, hangout, haunt, repair, resort, stamping ground, fireside, hearth, hunting ground, no-go area, no man's land, quadrant, quadrant, rain shadow, staging area, clear, open, free port, free zone, anchorage, anchorage ground, playground, resort area, vacation spot, block, neighborhood, retreat, refuge, safety, danger, scene, section, shrubbery, space, tank farm, trouble spot, winner's circle.

country (noun)	city block (noun)
a politically organized body of people under a single government	a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
the people who live in a nation or country
the territory occupied by a nation
an area outside of cities and towns
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

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