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Antarctic vs Antarctica   Treating earth as round, the top and bottom of the earth are regarded as the North Pole and the South Pole. While the two look same at a simple glance, there is a great difference between the two. While there is no landmass at North Pole with Arctic being an oceanic basin underneath... 

Prairie vs Plain   Plain is a geographical term used to describe a relatively flat piece of land with little or no elevation. Plains are also characterized by the absence of any depression. Some of the well known examples of plains in the world are Indo-Gangetic plains, Salisbury Plain, and the plain of Babylon.... 

Maps vs Charts   While studying geography as a kid, we all dealt with maps and charts that seemed to be nothing more than a conundrum at that point of time. They are graphical representation of relief features of earth and make for an easy understanding of the topography of a particular place. Both maps and... 

Valley vs Canyon If a river is flowing through a mountain, in due course of time, it carves out a deep area for itself to flow. This deep depression between two cliffs of a mountain is referred to as a canyon. It is also called a deep valley carved out of a mountain by a river. In case of both a valley and a... 

Mesa vs Plateau Mesa and plateau are elevated landforms above the surrounding plain area and because of their similarities people often confuse between them. These are relief features of the surface of the earth that has developed in millions of years of constant action of snow, water, and the consequent weathering... 

Hill vs Plateau Hills and plateaus are relief features on the surface of the earth. It means that the earth is not a flat piece at all corners or places but is undulating, in the sense, that at places, it is raised in the form of mountains, not so steeply in the form of hills also is elevated like a table above... 

Avenue vs Boulevard Avenue and Boulevard are two kinds of pathways or roads that show difference between them when it comes to their nature and appearance. They are often confused as one and the same. Strictly speaking, there is some difference between the two. A boulevard is usually wide in appearance when compared... 

Active vs Passive GPS The GPS stands for Global Positioning System. As the name indicates GPS is used for the purpose of tracking something like locations, persons etc. This technology is used in almost all fields of science and others for hi-tech purposes, and by individuals for driving, exploring, running, fishing,... 

Province vs Territory Canada, which is the second largest country in the world in terms of the area, is made up of provinces and territories. Canada is a perfect example of administration of large territories through a central government. With just 13 administrative units, of which 10 are provinces and 3 are territories,... 

Province vs State Ever wondered why some countries have provinces as smaller geographical units, while others have states? Is it just difference in nomenclature or provinces have different structures of administration than states? Are states in US the same as provinces in Canada? What is the actual difference between... 

City vs Suburb The word suburb comes from Latin suburbium, which has two roots namely sub meaning under and urb meaning city. It is clear then a suburb means areas under a city. In modern times, the word has come to refer to areas adjacent to a prominent city that is well known and has all modern facilities,... 

Street vs Drive We may have many types of scarcities despite all the advancement but when it comes to street names, there is an overwhelming variety of names given to them which makes the situation very, very confusing. There is a circle, boulevard, crescent, crossing, lane, street, highway, plaza, drive, road,... 

ZIP Code vs Postal Code Though the advent of SMS and email has adversely affected the business of physical mails, they still constitute a bulk of messages and letters sent and received across the world. In fact email can never substitute a formal letter which has its own sanctity and importance. Nearly all official... 

Harbour vs Port Most of us have heard about harbours and ports and think we know what they are. Though they may serve similar purposes, there are many differences between a harbor and port that will be talked about in this article. Ports are commercial places along the coastline that are used for import and export... 

CST vs IST CST is Central Standard Time observed in the US while IST stands for Indian Standard Time that is observed across whole of India. Difference between CST and IST can be easily calculated with reference to GMT. While IST is 5:30 hours ahead of GMT, CST is 6 hours behind GMT. This means that IST is in... 

Drive vs Lane Drive and lane are types of passageways and are oftentimes used in place of each other, but there is actually a distinction between the two. Drive A drive, also called a driveway, is a small road for allowing the passage of vehicles into areas that are cut-off from the main road. A drive will usually...