What's the difference between commune and town?

Commune


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
  • (v. i.) To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper.
  • (n.) Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.
  • (n.) The commonalty; the common people.
  • (n.) A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement.
  • (n.) Absolute municipal self-government.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Soluble proteins of a number of strains of the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune were separated on polyacrylamide gel by disc electrophoresis.
  • (2) The incidence rates of primary nervous system neoplasms in 5 districts (large administrative units) of Western Poland with a relatively homogeneous health care system but some contrasts in economic activity, as well as in 224 communes (smallest administrative units) located within these 5 districts, with a total population of 3,097,000 were estimated on the appointed day (31.12.79).
  • (3) Korine tells me that as a kid he spent time on a hippy commune.
  • (4) The selenium (Se) level in barley and maize from 43 communes of Qidong county, a high risk area of liver cancer in China, were assayed.
  • (5) The owner of a DIY shop adjoining the former Maoist centre‚ now an Algerian restaurant‚ said his father used to own the building in question, but sold it shortly before Balakrishnan's commune opened in 1976.
  • (6) Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) demonstrates efficiently species-specific differences of hairy skin (integumentum commune) of domestic mammals (pig, cat, dog, horse, cattle, sheep, goat).
  • (7) Volatiles caused increased growth of Pseudomonas fluorescens, Bacillus cereus, Erwinia carotovora, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, A. radiobacter, Rhizobium japonicum, Mucor mucedo, Fusarium oxysporum f. conglutinans, Trichoderma viride, and Penicillium vermiculatum but not of Sarcina lutea, Serratia marcescens, Chaetomium globosum, or Schizophyllum commune.
  • (8) It was a formative time, during which he absorbed the principles of Wright's own craft commune, but he broke with his master after a year and a half, disagreeing with Wright's promotion of low-rise suburbia, in such plans as Broadacre City .
  • (9) In contrast, indole phosphate hydrolase activity only developed in cells of N. commune UTEX 584, when they were partially depleted of phosphorus, and the activity associated with these cells was suppressed partially by the addition of phosphate to assay buffers.
  • (10) A detailed analysis of cases of FIGO stage I into Ia and Ib stage demonstrated a shift of the peak of Ib stage to younger age in the two commune aggregates mentioned.
  • (11) Nasheed clearly understood the need to commune with power – but he also talked about the best way of pushing backsliding politicians in the right direction.
  • (12) Morpholine derivatives, especially fenpropimorph and tridemorph, were found to block selectively the isomerisation activity of cholesterol oxidases isolated from Nocardia erythropolis, Streptomyces sp., Pseudomonas testosteroni and Schizophyllum commune.
  • (13) rodA encodes a small, moderately hydrophobic polypeptide containing 8 cysteines arranged in a pattern similar to that observed in three hydrophobic cell wall proteins from the Holobasidiomycete Schizophyllum commune.
  • (14) These observations on the state of public health in China were made by 2 groups of medical personnel who visited China for several weeks in 1978 and toured medical facilities in 7 cities and 3 communes.
  • (15) Extrachromosomal factors modifying mating reactions in Schizophyllum commune were found.
  • (16) She took acid (“A super trip pill”) for three days under medical supervision in a commune.
  • (17) A clear enhancement of work performance was found following entry into the residential commune.
  • (18) Penicillium commune F-426 and Penicillium aurantiogriseum F-708 strains are efficient producers of this acid.
  • (19) Knowledge of the structure and function of a complex gene regulating sexual development in the mushroom, Schizophyllum commune, has come from the analysis of various mutations in a chromosomal region known as the Bbeta incompatibility gene.
  • (20) In the CaCO(3)-containing media, Schizophyllum commune, Merulius tremellosus, and Porodisculus pendulus were found to produce substantial amounts of L-malic acid as a main metabolic product, along with small quantities of oxalic and other acids in shake cultures.

Town


Definition:

  • (adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
  • (adv. & prep.) Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
  • (adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
  • (adv. & prep.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
  • (adv. & prep.) A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
  • (adv. & prep.) The court end of London;-- commonly with the.
  • (adv. & prep.) The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
  • (adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 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.
  • (2) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
  • (3) A more substantial decrease was found in Aberdeen and the larger towns near to Aberdeen than in the smaller towns further from the city.
  • (4) He had been just asked to open their new town hall, in the hope he might donate a Shakespeare statue.
  • (5) 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.
  • (6) The case was tried in a town called St Francisville, the closest courthouse to Angola.
  • (7) The autopsy findings in 41 patients with University of Cape Town aortic valve prostheses were studied.
  • (8) It will act as a further disincentive for women to seek help.” When Background Briefing visited Catherine Haven in February, the refuge looked deserted, and most of its rooms were empty, despite the town having one of the highest domestic violence rates in the state.
  • (9) He said: "This is a wonderful town but Tesco will suck the life out of the greengrocers, butchers, off-licence, and then it is only a matter of time for us too.
  • (10) Conservative commentators responded with fury to what they believed was inappropriate meddling at a crucial moment in the town hall debate.
  • (11) The article reflects the experience in the work of the manual therapy consulting-room at the Smela town hospital named after N. A. Semashko in Chernigov Province from November 1985 to December 1987 inclusive.
  • (12) In October, an episode of South Park saw the whole town go gluten-free (the stuff, it was discovered, made one’s penis fly off).
  • (13) But no one was sure, and in this information vacuum the virus reached nearby towns and crossed borders.
  • (14) But last year Rosi Santoni, one of the relatives who helped look after her, said she had plenty of family to care for her and had many friends in the town.
  • (15) He wound up repossessing the cars of workers who fled town after the bust.
  • (16) It was shown that: although the oral hygiene level was very low and no dental treatments were performed, caries level was very low--although gingivitis rate was high, advanced periodontitis rate was low--the frequency of interincisive diastema (one subject out of 4 in the 15-19 age group), the progressive decline of tooth cutting, a traditional practice, in town people but the large extent of cola use (one adult out of two).
  • (17) "There were around 50 attackers, heavily armed in three vehicles, and they were flying the Shebab flag," Maisori added, speaking from the town, where several buildings including hotels, restaurants, banks and government offices were razed to the ground.
  • (18) Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside) This gnome, who lives in the shrubbery of Guardian gardening expert Jane Perrone, will be rooting for Luton Town this afternoon.
  • (19) Barbacoas is a small port town in south-west Colombia, which linked the southern regions of the country in the 19th and 20th century.
  • (20) In 2013, the town’s municipal court generated $221,164 (or $387 for each of its residents), with much of the fees coming from ticketing non-residents.