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Island vs Continent   Is Australia a continent or an island? Why is Greenland considered an island despite being larger in size than Australia? These are questions that are hard to explain until an individual is aware of the meanings of the terms island and continent. Most people, however, are quick to tell... 

Pacific Time vs Mountain Time   • Mountain Time (MT) is ahead of Pacific Time (PT) by an hour • Pacific Standard Time (PST) is GMT/UTC – 8 while Mountain Standard Time (MST) is GMT/UTC – 7 • Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is GMT/UTC – 7 while Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) is GMT/UTC – 6 USA is a very... 

Central Time vs Mountain Time   USA is a very large country in terms of both area and population. This is why moving from east to west the country has been divided into 4 time zones namely Eastern Standard Time, Central Standard Time, the Mountain Standard Time, and finally the Pacific Standard Time. Though the... 

EDT vs EST   The area of the country that is referred to as contiguous United States is divided into 4 time zones of which the time zone that is observed in the eastern most part is referred to as Eastern Time Zone. There are 17 states of the country that fall under this time zone. Interestingly, Eastern Time can... 

Central vs Eastern Time   Central Time Zones and Eastern Time Zones are regions in North America, especially Canada and the United States that observe a specific time throughout these regions. This is an arrangement that helps people in close vicinity as they all know what time it is and there are no variations... 

Pacific vs Central Time   USA is a very large country and you are wrong if you think that it must be the same time in another city, in the country if it is 3 PM in New York. In fact, it is noon time in Los Angeles when it is 3 PM in New York. But why is it so? Isn’t it logical for a country to have uniform... 

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...