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
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Department as a noun:
A part, portion, or subdivision.
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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."
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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"
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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
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Department as a noun (historical):
A military subdivision of a country
Examples:
"usex the Department of the Potomac"
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Department as a noun (obsolete):
Act of departing; departure.
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Province as a noun:
A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
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Province as a noun:
An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
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Province as a noun (Roman history):
An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor.
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Province as a noun (Christianity):
An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.
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Province as a noun (Roman Catholicism):
An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
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Province as a noun (in plural, chiefly with definite article):
The parts of a country outside its capital city.
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Province as a noun:
An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.