Difference between Local and Section

What is the difference between Local and Section?

Local as a noun is a person who lives nearby. while Section as a noun is a cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.

Local

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: From or in a nearby location. Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program. Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole. Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who lives nearby. A branch of a an nationwide organization such as a trade union. A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones. One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar. A locally scoped identifier.

Example sentence: All politics is local.

Section

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.A part, piece, division.A part of a document.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cut, divide or separate into pieces.To commit, as for mental health reasons (after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health).

Example sentence: People are afraid to be themselves because people are afraid to be recorded. Everything is being recorded, and everyone is so sensitive. You say something; a section of people will be offended. It's so annoying; you got to be completely censored.

We hope you now know whether to use Local or Section in your sentence.

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