territorial division vs department

department vs territorial division

territorial division and department both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
territorial division	Yes	No	No	No
department	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, department is a hyponym of territorial division; that is, department is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than territorial division:

territorial division: a district defined for administrative purposes
department: the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

Other hyponyms of territorial division include borough, canton, city, commune, country, land, state, county, county palatine, federal district, reservation, reserve, school district, shire, municipality, prefecture, province, state, town, township, ward, disputed state, partially-recognized state, state with limited recognition, unrecognized state, Governorate-General.

territorial division (noun)	department (noun)
a district defined for administrative purposes	a specialized sphere of knowledge
	a specialized division of a large organization
	the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

Difference between territorial division and department

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