What's the difference between city and derby?

City


Definition:

  • (n.) A large town.
  • (n.) A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.
  • (n.) The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a city.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They are going to all destinations.” Supplies are running thin and aftershocks have strained nerves in the city.
  • (2) For some time now, public opinion polls have revealed Americans' strong preference to live in comparatively small cities, towns, and rural areas rather than in large cities.
  • (3) City badly missed Yaya Touré, on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations, and have not won a league match since last April when he has been missing.
  • (4) Handing Greater Manchester’s £6bn health and social care budget over to the city’s combined authority is the most exciting experiment in local government and the health service in decades – but the risks are huge.
  • (5) I remember talking to an investment banker about what it felt like in the City before the closure of Lehman Brothers.
  • (6) The 36-year-old teacher at an inner-city London primary school earns £40,000 a year and contributes £216 a month to her pension.
  • (7) Such a need has occurred in New York City, where schistosomiasis, with its protean manifestations has been seen with increasing frequency.
  • (8) A more substantial decrease was found in Aberdeen and the larger towns near to Aberdeen than in the smaller towns further from the city.
  • (9) Totò was a legend in the Vesuvian city – a comedian of genius; poignant, mysterious.
  • (10) For retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to follow, the decision of the panel must be unanimous.” The match between the sides ended in acrimony and two City red cards.
  • (11) He’s been so consistent this season.” Barkley took the two late penalties because the regular taker, Romelu Lukaku, had been withdrawn at half-time with a back injury that is likely to keep the striker out of Saturday’s trip to Stoke City.
  • (12) Age-specific MRs for the over-75-year age group were also not related to the winter air temperatures in the eight cities.
  • (13) The prevalence of diabetes was 36% higher among San Antonio Mexican Americans than among Mexicans in Mexico City; this difference was highly statistically significant (age- and sex-adjusted prevalence ratio 1.36, P = 0.006).
  • (14) The analysis of blood lead concentration revealed an evident biological response to this environmental change: there was a decrease in blood lead level between 1977 and 1987, in both the countryside (control group) and, to a lesser extent, in the city.
  • (15) A case-control study of breast cancer among Black American women was conducted in seven hospitals in New York City from 1969 to 1975.
  • (16) Lin Homer's CV Lin Homer left local for national government in 2005, giving up a £170,000 post as chief executive of Birmingham city council after just three years in post, to head the Immigration Service.
  • (17) The district’s $110bn of economic activity went up by 22% since 2007, outpacing city growth by 9% during the same period.
  • (18) The former Stoke City manager Pulis had reportedly been left frustrated by the club failing to push through deals for various players he targeted to strengthen the Palace squad.
  • (19) Nearly four months into the conflict, rebels control large parts of eastern Libya , the coastal city of Misrata, and a string of towns in the western mountains, near the border with Tunisia.
  • (20) However, the City focused on the improvement in the fortunes of its Irish business, Ulster bank, and its new mini bad bank which led to a 1.8% rise in the shares to 368p.

Derby


Definition:

  • (n.) A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780.
  • (n.) A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Two men were arrested before the north London derby as football fans clashed with police.
  • (2) Merseyside police claims its resources will be stretched at the stadium and in the city centre by the late kick-off and the derby should kick off no later than 2pm.
  • (3) KNOWLEDGE ARCHIVE "Having watched 42-year-old Kevin Poole turn out for Derby recently, I wondered 'have any grandfathers ever played league football?'
  • (4) The 72 Md plasmid appears to be characteristic of S. derby and possibly encodes Tc resistance.
  • (5) This derby with Arsenal is not just another game, it’s impossible that it’s just another game.
  • (6) The effect of Brilliant Green on motility was studied with Salmonella anatum, S. derby, S. tennessee, Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
  • (7) He's scored for the Hammers, Newcastle, Derby and Leicester.
  • (8) Photograph: Fabio De Paola Thomas Howarth: student, Derby "There's this perception that you've got to be furiously depressed and lonely to listen to the Smiths," says Thomas Howarth, 18, from Derby.
  • (9) A long area bordering Sheffield in the north, and Derby in the south, about half of the district is in the Peak District National Park.
  • (10) The order is the largest yet for Bombardier’s Aventra trains, at 750 carriages, and is a boost to the Derby plant, whose future recently appeared in jeopardy.
  • (11) That's what I love doing," says Bentley, who is set to make his Birmingham debut in the derby against Aston Villa at St Andrew's on Sunday.
  • (12) 'Respect for Nocera and the ultras' – Nocera, Italy, 10 Novemeber 2013 Having been banned from attending the local derby away to Salernitana because of the risk of crowd trouble, some Nocerina ultras – their hardcore fans – issued death threats to their players to prevent them from playing.
  • (13) Derbies generally struggle to live up to their billing and this one had no chance of matching the hype and hope that went before, yet until Scholes applied his splendid coup de grâce it bore an unexpected resemblance to a mere end-of-season game.
  • (14) The jet engine maker, based mostly in Derby and Bristol, a nnounced the fresh job cuts on Tuesday as it ousted Mark Morris, its long-serving finance director .
  • (15) Juan Mata is expected to play in his first Manchester derby tonight.
  • (16) Kettering didn't let the matter lie - after all, clubs like Bayern Munich had been coining it in on the continent for years - and so, with Derby and Bolton, they put forward a proposal to the FA regarding shirt sponsorship.
  • (17) After some reluctance over the summer, the Derby-based group has come round to the idea of offering boardroom representation to ValueAct , whose co-founder Jeffrey Ubben has played a role in some significant corporate shake-ups, including the exit of former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer.
  • (18) If that was a stroke of luck Everton were even luckier in the second half, when Joe Allen made his contribution to derby folklore with what may well be the miss of the season.
  • (19) "Forgive me if I'm wrong, but does Crystal Palace-Spurs not count as a London derby?"
  • (20) As well as missing the Capital One Cup final, De Bruyne, who has had 12 assists this season and created more chances than any other City player, will miss the Champions league last-16 tie against Dynamo Kyiv and league matches against the leaders Leicester, fourth-placed Tottenham as well as the Manchester derby on 20 March.

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