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rural area vs backwoods

backwoods vs rural area

rural area and backwoods both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rural area Yes No No No
backwoods Yes No No No
As nouns, backwoods is a hyponym of rural area; that is, backwoods is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rural area:
  • rural area: an area outside of cities and towns
  • backwoods: a remote and undeveloped area
Other hyponyms of rural area include back country, boondocks, hinterland, farming area, farmland, countryside, scrubland, weald, wold.
rural area (noun) backwoods (noun)
an area outside of cities and towns a remote and undeveloped area
Difference between rural area and backwoods

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