outpost vs settlement

settlement vs outpost

outpost and settlement both are nouns.

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

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

outpost: 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 outpost include colony.

outpost (noun)	settlement (noun)
a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops	termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
a settlement on the frontier of civilization	the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
a station in a remote or sparsely populated location	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 outpost and settlement

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