Difference between Town and Township

What is the difference between Town and Township?

Town as a noun is a settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city while Township as a noun is the territory of a town; a subdivision of a county.

Town

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city a rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week. The residents,(as opposed to , the students etc.) of a community having a university

Example sentence: God made the country, and man made the town.

Township

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to a township.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The territory of a town; a subdivision of a county.An area set aside for non-white occupation.A non-white (usually sub-economic) area attached to a city.

We hope you now know whether to use Town or Township in your sentence.

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