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town vs borough

borough vs town

town and borough both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
town Yes No No No
borough Yes No No No
As nouns, borough is a hyponym of town; that is, borough is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than town:
  • town: the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
  • borough: an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
town (noun) borough (noun)
the people living in a municipality smaller than a city one of the administrative divisions of a large city
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
an administrative division of a county
Difference between town and borough

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