Difference between Country and Nation

What is the difference between Country and Nation?

Country as a noun is a nation state, a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area. while Nation as a noun is a group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity.

Country

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: From the countryside or connected with it. Of or connected to country music.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A nation state, a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area. A former independent nation state (e.g., England or Scotland). A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; countryside. Short for country music, a genre of popular music that has rural Southern roots and embraces numerous subgenres and styles.

Nation

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Extremely; very

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity.A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture(international law) A sovereign state.Damnation.

We hope you now know whether to use Country or Nation in your sentence.

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