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populated area vs municipality

municipality vs populated area

populated area and municipality both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
populated area Yes No No No
municipality Yes No No No
As nouns, municipality is a hyponym of populated area; that is, municipality is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than populated area:
  • populated area: a geographical area constituting a city or town
  • municipality: an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
Other hyponyms of populated area include megalopolis, conurbation, sprawl, urban sprawl, new town, barrio.
populated area (noun) municipality (noun)
a geographical area constituting a city or town people living in a town or city having local self-government
an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
Difference between populated area and municipality

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