province vs small town

province

noun
  • The parts of a country outside its capital city. 

  • An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor. 

  • An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses. 

  • A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. 

  • An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept. 

  • An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China. 

  • An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order. 

small town

noun
  • A small (generally rural) town. 

How often have the words province and small town occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )