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foreign country vs nation

nation vs foreign country

foreign country and nation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
foreign country Yes No No No
nation Yes No No No
As nouns, nation is a hypernym of foreign country; that is, nation is a word with a broader meaning than foreign country:
  • foreign country: any state of which one is not a citizen
  • nation: a politically organized body of people under a single government
Other hypernyms of foreign country include body politic, commonwealth, country, land, res publica, state.
foreign country (noun) nation (noun)
any state of which one is not a citizen a politically organized body of people under a single government
the people who live in a nation or country
a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
Difference between foreign country and nation

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