The difference between Department and Province

When used as nouns, department means a part, portion, or subdivision, whereas province means a region of the earth or of a continent.


check bellow for the other definitions of Department and Province

  1. Department as a noun:

    A part, portion, or subdivision.

  2. Department as a noun:

    A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.

    Examples:

    "Technical things are not his department; he's a people person."

  3. Department as a noun (often, in proper names):

    A subdivision of an organization. One of the principal divisions of executive government One of the divisions of instructions

    Examples:

    "the Treasury Department''; ''the Department of Agriculture''; ''police department"

    "the physics department''; ''the gender studies department"

  4. Department as a noun:

    A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes. In France, a department is smaller than a region

  5. Department as a noun (historical):

    A military subdivision of a country

    Examples:

    "usex the Department of the Potomac"

  6. Department as a noun (obsolete):

    Act of departing; departure.

  1. Province as a noun:

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

  2. Province as a noun:

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

  3. Province as a noun (Roman history):

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

  4. Province as a noun (Christianity):

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

  5. Province as a noun (Roman Catholicism):

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

  6. Province as a noun (in plural, chiefly with definite article):

    The parts of a country outside its capital city.

  7. Province as a noun:

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