dependency vs colony

colony vs dependency

dependency and colony both are nouns.

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

As nouns, dependency and colony are synonyms defined as:

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

dependency (noun)	colony (noun)
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country	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
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else	a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)	(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
	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 dependency and colony

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