frontier settlement vs settlement

settlement vs frontier settlement

frontier settlement and settlement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
frontier settlement	Yes	No	No	No
settlement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, settlement is a hypernym of frontier settlement; that is, settlement is a word with a broader meaning than frontier settlement:

frontier settlement: a settlement on the frontier of civilization
settlement: 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

Other hypernyms of frontier settlement include colony.

frontier settlement (noun)	settlement (noun)
a settlement on the frontier of civilization	termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
	the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
	something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
	a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
	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
	a community of people smaller than a town
	an area where a group of families live together

Difference between frontier settlement and settlement

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