Farm vs. Station — What's the Difference?

A land area used for growing crops and rearing livestock.

A stop on a railway, bus, or subway route.

A place where agricultural research and development occur.

A base for emergency services such as police or fire departments.

A site for raising specific types of animals.

A facility used for broadcasting radio or television.

An establishment dedicated to agricultural production.

A large ranch, particularly in Australia or New Zealand.

Property characterized by rural setting and agricultural activities.

A place designated for a special purpose like research or monitoring.

A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used for specialized units such as arable farms, vegetable farms, fruit farms, dairy, pig and poultry farms, and land used for the production of natural fiber, biofuel and other commodities.

A place on a railway line where trains regularly stop so that passengers can get on or off

An area of land and its buildings, used for growing crops and rearing animals

A place or building where a specified activity or service is based

Make one's living by growing crops or keeping livestock

A company involved in broadcasting of a specified kind

Send out or subcontract work to others

The place where someone or something stands or is placed on military or other duty

Allow someone to collect and keep the revenues from (a tax) on payment of a fee

A site at which a particular species, especially an interesting or rare one, grows or is found.

A tract of land cultivated for the purpose of agricultural production.

Short for Stations of the Cross

A tract of land devoted to the raising and breeding of domestic animals.

Put in or assign to a specified place for a particular purpose, especially a military one

An area of water devoted to the raising, breeding, or production of a specific aquatic animal

A place or position where a person or thing stands or is assigned to stand; a post

A facility for the generation of energy by converting it from a particular source, usually by means of multiple electric generators

An area where a person is assigned to work.

A place where a group of similar devices or storage containers are set up

The place, building, or establishment from which a service is provided or operations are directed

(Baseball) A minor-league club affiliated with a major-league club for the training of recruits and the maintenance of temporarily unneeded players.

A stopping place along a route, especially a stop for refueling or for taking on passengers; a depot.

The system of leasing out the rights of collecting and retaining taxes in a certain district.

Australian & New Zealand A large ranch on which livestock, especially cattle or sheep, are raised.

A district so leased.

Social position; rank

To cultivate or produce a crop on (land).

An establishment equipped for observation and study

To cultivate, breed, or raise (plants or animals).

An establishment equipped for radio or television transmission.

To pay a fixed sum in order to have the right to collect and retain profits from (a business, for example).

One that broadcasts radio or television transmissions

To turn over (a business, for example) to another in return for the payment of a fixed sum.

A frequency assigned to a broadcaster.

To engage in farming.

An input or output point along a communications system.

A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

A precise point from which measurements in surveying are made.

A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.

(Ecology) A sampling location

A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.

Station Roman Catholic Church Any of the Stations of the Cross.

(computing) A group of coordinated servers.

One of a series of holy places visited by pilgrims as a ritual devotion.

(obsolete) Food; provisions; a meal.

To assign to a position; post.

(obsolete) A banquet; feast.

A stopping place.

(obsolete) A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax.

A regular stopping place for ground transportation.

(historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.

A ground transportation depot.

(historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.

A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.

The body of farmers of public revenues.

A place where some object is provided.

The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.

(US) A gas station, service station.

(historical) A baby farm.

A place where workers are stationed.

(intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.

An official building from which police or firefighters operate.

(transitive) To devote (land) to farming.

A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.

(transitive) To grow (a particular crop).

A military base.

To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.

A place used for broadcasting radio or television.

To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.

A very large sheep or cattle farm.

To take at a certain rent or rate.

(historical) In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.

To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.

(Christianity) Any of the Stations of the Cross.

To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out

(Christianity) The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.

The rent of land, - originally paid by reservation of part of its products.

(Christianity) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.

The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.

Standing; rank; position.

The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.

A broadcasting entity.

Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.

(Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.

A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.

(surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.

A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm.

The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.

To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.

(mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.

To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes.

Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.

To take at a certain rent or rate.

(medicine) The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.

To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm.

(obsolete) The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.

To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.

(astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.

Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit;

(usually passive) To put in place to perform a task.

Be a farmer; work as a farmer;

To put in place to perform military duty.

Collect fees or profits

The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.

Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques;

A state of standing or rest; equilibrium.

The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel.

Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.

Situation; position; location.

State; rank; condition of life; social status.

The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.

In Australia, a sheep run or cattle run, together with the buildings belonging to it; also, the homestead and buildings belonging to such a run.

To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coast of Africa.

A facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose;

Proper or designated social situation;

(nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty

The position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand;

Assign to a station

While commonly in cities, stations also exist in rural areas, especially as part of transportation networks or large-scale farms.

Yes, in large agricultural enterprises, a station can refer to a particular site within the farm dedicated to specific activities.

A farm is used for growing crops and rearing animals for food and other products.

Farms are crucial for local economies, providing employment and producing food and materials.

Yes, in technology, a station can refer to a workstation or a docking station.

Stations are vital for the efficiency of public transport systems, impacting daily commuting significantly.

In rural areas, farms primarily focus on agriculture, whereas stations may serve as key logistical or transport hubs.

Station management can involve transport logistics, differing significantly from the agricultural focus of farm management.

Stations include railway stations, bus stations, research stations, and others depending on the context.

Farms are typically secluded and agricultural, whereas urban stations are busy and serve as transport hubs.

Farms are focused on production, while urban stations focus on facilitating transportation and connectivity.