settlement vs proprietary colony

proprietary colony vs settlement

settlement and proprietary colony both are nouns.

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

As nouns, proprietary colony is a hyponym of settlement; that is, proprietary colony is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than settlement:

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
proprietary colony: a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)

Other hyponyms of settlement include frontier settlement, outpost, Plantation.

settlement (noun)	proprietary colony (noun)
termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities	a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
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 settlement and proprietary colony

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