town vs village

Town

Definitions

noun

  1. United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844)

Examples

Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town.

In 2005, the Mugabe government launched what it called a slum clearance scheme, that bulldozed major shantytowns, brutally displacing hundreds of thousands of people.

I have no great picture of her to link because I am out of town in San Francisco and all the pictures I have are the naked librarian Playboy centerfolds I got in email a few days back.

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Village

Definitions

noun

  1. a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century

Examples

Imagine an anthropologist visiting a remote tribal village to study its inhabitants.

Most choose to buy in more affordable villages a little way away.

They were close to a little village which the English called Agincourt, and, though that is not quite its right name, it is what we have called the battle ever since.

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