Difference between Townsfolk and Town

What is the difference between Townsfolk and Town?

Townsfolk as a noun is the people who live in a town, especially the lower and middle classes. while 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

Townsfolk

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The people who live in a town, especially the lower and middle classes.

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 citya 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: Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, 'I want to get out and become like him'. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.

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

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