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Interesting; on aside, I would call: Florida - State Ontario - Province Spain & UK - "Country" colloquially; might use the term "Nation" if I needed to be mo
by NikolaNovak 5y ago
Interesting; on aside, I would call:
Florida - State
Ontario - Province
Spain & UK - "Country" colloquially; might use the term "Nation" if I needed to be more inclusive/ambiguous
(Understanding that formally, State might in fact be a better term: e.g. it's "Minister of the State" or "Statesmanship" etc; but this is how I'd use them in daily life. ESL, 25 years in Canada FWIW)
- Clubber 5y agoState and Country are used interchangeably. The United States, before the Civil War was just that, a union of self governing entities. A nation is a group of similar peoples such as the Nation of Islam or Navajo Nation. Country and State are synonymous terms that both apply to self-governing political entities. A nation, however, is a group of people who share the same culture but do not have sovereignty. https://www.infoplease.com/world/diplomacy/state-country-and-nation https://www.infoplease.com/world/diplomacy/state-country-and... https://www.thoughtco.com/country-state-and-nation-1433559 https://www.thoughtco.com/country-state-and-nation-1433559
- NikolaNovak 5y agoI interpreted the question to be about common/colloquial usage, not definition. In colloquial usage, for me, state and country are not typically used interchangeably, and are fairly asymmetrical: i.e. I'd never call Nebraska a Country. I'd much more commonly call Netherlands a country, and only call it a state in formal political discussion. Everybody's mileage will vary significantly :)