settlement vs colony

colony vs settlement

settlement and colony both are nouns.

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

As nouns, settlement and colony are synonyms defined as:

settlement and colony: 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

settlement (noun)	colony (noun)
termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities	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
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies	a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making	(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it	a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
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 place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
a community of people smaller than a town
an area where a group of families live together

Difference between settlement and colony

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