Farm vs. Village

Farmnoun

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

Villagenoun

A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

‘There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.’;

Farmnoun

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

Villagenoun

(British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.

Farmnoun

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

‘fuel farm’; ‘wind farm’; ‘antenna farm’;

Villagenoun

(Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.

Farmnoun

(computing) A group of coordinated servers.

‘a render farm’; ‘a server farm’;

Villagenoun

(Philippines) A gated community.

Farmnoun

(obsolete) Food; provisions; a meal.

Villagenoun

A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.

Farmnoun

(obsolete) A banquet; feast.

Villagenoun

a community of people smaller than a town

Farmnoun

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

Villagenoun

a settlement smaller than a town

Farmnoun

(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.

Villagenoun

a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century

Farmnoun

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

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods.

Farmnoun

The body of farmers of public revenues.

Farmnoun

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

Farmverb

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

Farmverb

(transitive) To devote (land) to farming.

Farmverb

(transitive) To grow (a particular crop).

Farmverb

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.

‘to farm the taxes’;

Farmverb

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

Farmverb

(obsolete) To take at a certain rent or rate.

Farmverb

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

Farmnoun

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

Farmnoun

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

‘It is great willfulness in landlords to make any longer farms to their tenants.’;

Farmnoun

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

Farmnoun

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

Farmnoun

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

‘The province was devided into twelve farms.’;

Farmnoun

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

‘Whereas G. H. held the farm of sugars upon a rent of 10,000 marks per annum.’;

Farmverb

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

‘We are enforced to farm our royal realm.’;

Farmverb

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.

‘To farm their subjects and their duties toward these.’;

Farmverb

To take at a certain rent or rate.

Farmverb

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

Farmverb

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

Farmnoun

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

‘it takes several people to work the farm’;

Farmverb

be a farmer; work as a farmer;

‘My son is farming in California’;

Farmverb

collect fees or profits

Farmverb

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

‘The Bordeaux region produces great red wines’; ‘They produce good ham in Parma’; ‘We grow wheat here’; ‘We raise hogs here’;

Farmnoun

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

‘a farm of 100 acres’; ‘farm workers’;

Farmnoun

a farmhouse

‘a half-timbered farm’;

Farmnoun

a place for breeding a particular type of animal or producing a specified crop

‘a fish farm’;

Farmnoun

a place devoted to producing or promoting something

‘an energy farm’;

Farmverb

make one's living by growing crops or keeping livestock

‘he has farmed organically for years’;

Farmverb

use (land) for growing crops and rearing animals

‘marshes are being drained in order to farm the land’;

Farmverb

breed or grow (a type of livestock or crop) commercially

‘ostriches are farmed in South Africa and Australia’;

Farmverb

send out or subcontract work to others

‘it saves time and money to farm out some writing work to specialized companies’;

Farmverb

arrange for a child to be looked after by someone, usually for payment

‘the babies are farmed out for five years’;

Farmverb

send a sports player temporarily to another team in return for a fee

‘he was farmed out in 1938 and '39 and came back for two games in 1940’;

Farmverb

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

‘the customs had been farmed to the collector for a fixed sum’;

Farm

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.