foreign country vs land

land vs foreign country

foreign country and land both are nouns.

foreign country is not a verb while land is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foreign country	Yes	No	No	No
land	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, land is a hypernym of foreign country; that is, land is a word with a broader meaning than foreign country:

foreign country: any state of which one is not a citizen
land: a politically organized body of people under a single government

Other hypernyms of foreign country include body politic, commonwealth, country, nation, res publica, state.

foreign country (noun)	land (noun)
any state of which one is not a citizen	agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
	a politically organized body of people under a single government
	the people who live in a nation or country
	territory over which rule or control is exercised
	the territory occupied by a nation
	the solid part of the earth's surface
	material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
	extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
	the land on which real estate is located
	a domain in which something is dominant

foreign country (verb)	land (verb)
	bring into a different state
	reach or come to rest
	cause to come to the ground
	arrive on shore
	bring ashore
	shoot at and force to come down
	deliver (a blow)

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