UK vs GB
Talking about UK and GB as different pieces of land is up to some extent incorrect, because it must be noticed that United Kingdom is basically that part of the world that holds the boundaries of the Great Britain within its own locality. We can understand it by the illustration taken about the territory of England, we can say that it is a part of Great Britain and that means that England is situated inside the United Kingdom. United Kingdom is just not a country but it has a number of countries situated in it.
UK
Talking about the UK, also known as United Kingdom, it is an independent land. It is a huge nation having a strong parliamentary system of judiciary in it. The law and order are very fair and it is a complete developed nation. It holds the biggest territory of the world, and other than that it holds four developed countries within its boundaries. Every state of the art utility and technology can be seen here. Every sort of current trends rise from here. Even the weather conditions are quite favorable to live in. Talking about the management of these four parts of the UK, each has its own structure of operations and thus, no single managerial system is working to hold for all the four countries. It is the land of technological advancement in every phase. Continuous improvements in skills and expertise are observed in all fields either it be medicine, media, art and crafts, studies, sports field or the religious education. As far as the sources from the defensive structure are concerned, the data shows that United Kingdom is holding the biggest and the most powerful defensive system. Worldwide, the financial aspect of United Kingdom is considered to be the best one; here it ranks at the sixth position showing the financial body to be very stable and smooth.
GB
Great Britain (GB) is located within the territories of the United Kingdom and it is known to have the worlds’ ninth most populated area. This is the reason it is such an important portion, as it holds all the major population, skills and knowledge of the overall United Kingdom and this is also the reason to why it is given the name of Great Britain, because it is the greatest portion of the UK. It holds all the three main countries of the United Kingdom and other smaller properties as well. As far as the ethnic diversity is concerned, as of today, all the prominent religious believes are found there but traditionally the Christianity group was at the height.
Difference between UK and GB
Mostly people call the Great Britain as United Kingdom, but there is a major difference between the two, which lies in the fact that United Kingdom is such a huge piece of land that it is said to be the largest area in the world. And on the other hand, Great Britain is not that enlarged. This is to make clear that Great Britain is just a part of United Kingdom, although it also constitutes larger population size and larger portion on earth, but still the main boundaries that holds the Great Britain is of United Kingdom. GB only constitutes the three major parts of UK and that are the Scotland, Wales and England, while the United Kingdom holds the territories of Great Britain and the Northern Ireland, and even the name of UK was “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” in the past.
Sadly, almost everything in this article is incorrect.
To give it its full name, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is an independent sovereign state. Therefore: Great Britain + Northern Ireland = United Kingdom.
England, Scotland and Wales – in other words most, but not all, of the UK – constitute the island, and associated islets, that we call ‘Great Britain’. This does not include Northern Ireland which, although part of the UK, is found on the separate island of Ireland.
These four territories are referred to as ‘countries’ but in fact have more in common with America’s states and Canada’s provinces. To differing extents, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are self-governing. By contrast, England (considerably larger than the other three combined) has no government or legislature of its own. Instead, it is run directly by the UK government and Parliament.
Like in the US, certain matters – the military, all foreign relations, taxation, etc – are always administered at a national level. To add to the confusion, the term ‘British’ is used officially to describe anything which relates to the whole of the UK – even when whatever it is applies to Northern Ireland as well. This includes our government (‘the British government’), our citizenship (‘British citizen’), the BBC (‘British Broadcasting Corporation’) and our Olympic team (‘Team GB’).
There are also a number of small, largely self-governing territories (e.g. the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Falklands, etc) which, although not part of the UK, rely on the UK for foreign relations and defence. Their citizens are also entitled to British citizenship. The British government can also legislate for them in certain circumstances. In these respects, their status is similar to the ‘unincorporated’ US territory of Puerto Rico.
In addition to what Will said, this article seems to be comically biased. I don’t know a lot about Britaiin/UK, that’s why I came here. But I’m pretty sure I know even less after reading this. Phrases like “very fair” and “complete developed” are ambiguous and subjective.
“Biggest territory of the world” and “said to be the largest in the world”? What about China? They’re like, dozens of times bigger.
“EVERY sort of current trend”? What about sushi? Hip-hop? Salsa music?
“The land of technological advancement”?? Try telling that to Japan. The US could put up a good argument about that one too. Have you guys even left Earth’s atmosphere yet?
“The data shows…the biggest defense system”? You guys are tough, but come on, now…
You say the financial “aspect” of the UK is the best (whatever that means), and in the same breath, you tell us it’s ranked 6th? How? GDP? National surplus?
I wanted something factual here – I hear enough pompous nationalistic jibberish here in America. I gotta say, as the first article I read on this site, it’s not looking good.
When I read, “It is a huge nation . . . ,” I had visions of the British Empire on which the sun never set.
I know you wrote this 4 years ago but most of what u said is incorrect David. I live in Britain and thus have a greater understanding.
We do still technically have the largest land mass because of the Commonwealth which is what remains of the empire, it consists of places like Canada and Australia which are some of the biggest countries in the world.
We do have the majority of modern trends, to answer to yours, Sushi is sold in the UK and is very popular here, Hip-Hop is less popular I agree but is still here. And finally Salsa is also here, again not as big but their are salsa clubs and competitions in the UK.
We are also very technologically advanced, and yes, the UK has left the atmosphere on multiple occasions with the most resent being Tim Peake who went to the ISS (I know this was before u wrote that, but I’m just stating it). Anyway, the UK has nearly every conceivable bit of technology, high powered nuclear fission reactors, satellites, mobile phones, computers, radars, robots, drones etc.
Also with defence, we are EXTREMELY well armed. With stuff such as the T-45 Destroyer Ships, these have the most accurate radars which can shoot down a golf ball travelling at the speed of sound accurately, and one can defend the Falkland Islands from every Jet in South America and survive. Nuclear Trident Submarines, one of which always is in the water to defend the coast and the other 3 are elsewhere. We also have the SAS, which is now the highest rated Military Elite Force in the world even beating out the Navy SEALS. Finally, we also are very well armed air-force wise with several Fighter Jets like Typhoons and Eurofighters, we also have several airstrike drones.
Also what he meant by the 6th is GDP wise, even though now we are 5th and nearly 4th.
One last thing, just to clarify the weather is actually descent over here, cold in the inter and autumn (Fall), and warm in the spring and summer!
Sounds like this article was written by an English college boy. Everything is great even the wheather. C’mon!
I found out on some encyclopedia and geography websites that UK=Great Britain(GB) + Northern Ireland. I also found out that GB = England + Scotland + Wales. Therefore, UK includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Canada (CA) and Australia (AU) still seem to worship UK on media but they are independent from UK. If we measure size by worship coverage, Vatican (VA) will be the largest.