country vs high country

high country vs country

country and high country both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
country	Yes	No	No	No
high country	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, high country is a hyponym of country; that is, high country 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)
high country: an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline

Other hyponyms of country include arena, 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, city block, neighborhood, retreat, refuge, safety, danger, scene, section, shrubbery, space, tank farm, trouble spot, winner's circle.

country (noun)	high country (noun)
a politically organized body of people under a single government	an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline
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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