settlement vs formation

formation vs settlement

settlement and formation both are nouns.

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

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

settlement: the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
formation: the act of forming or establishing something

Other hypernyms of settlement include constitution, establishment, organisation, organization.

settlement (noun)	formation (noun)
termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities	the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies	the act of forming or establishing something
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making	creation by mental activity
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it	a particular spatial arrangement
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	an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
a community of people smaller than a town	(geology) the geological features of the earth
an area where a group of families live together	natural process that causes something to form

Difference between settlement and formation

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