Difference between Corn-fed and Provincial

What is the difference between Corn-fed and Provincial?

Corn-fed as an adjective is (of an animal) fed on corn. while Provincial as an adjective is of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.

Corn-fed

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: (of an animal) Fed on corn.

Provincial

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.Not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal.Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal.limited in outlook; narrow

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.(Roman Catholic Church): A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.A country bumpkin.

Example sentence: The possibility that a provincial town could win the League completely bucks the trend.

We hope you now know whether to use Corn-fed or Provincial in your sentence.

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