Difference between Congo and Zaire

What is the difference between Congo and Zaire?

Congo as a proper noun is country in central africa with brazzaville as capital. official name: republic of the congo. while Zaire as a noun is the unit of currency of zaire.

Congo

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: Country in Central Africa with Brazzaville as capital. Official name: Republic of the Congo. Country in Central Africa with Kinshasa as capital (formerly Zaire). Official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo. A large river in Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Zaire

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The unit of currency of Zaire.

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