community vs region

community

noun
  • A residential or religious collective; a commune. 

  • The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common. 

  • A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other. 

  • A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition. 

  • A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community. 

  • A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England. 

region

noun
  • The inhabitants of a region or district of a country. 

  • Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons. 

  • A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province. 

  • An administrative subdivision of the European Union. 

  • A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture. 

  • A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated. 

  • Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward. 

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