Settlement
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The state of being settled. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled. The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement. The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into. A disposition of property, or the act of granting it. A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence. A resolution of a dispute.
Example sentence: The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement, explain American development.
Village
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a towna planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district
Example sentence: Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.