Kent vs. Essex — What's the Difference?

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces the French department of Pas-de-Calais across the Strait of Dover.

Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Greater London to the south and south-west.

A past tense and a past participle of ken.

A county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary

A county in southeastern England on the English Channel; the first to be colonized by the Romans

United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971)