Subdistrict vs. Suburb

Subdistrictnoun

A district forming part of a larger district.

Suburbnoun

A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.

Subdistrictverb

(transitive) To divide (a district) into subdistricts.

Suburbnoun

(by extension) The outer part; the environment.

Subdistrict

A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.

Suburbnoun

Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

Suburbnoun

An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris.

‘[London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous.’;

Suburbnoun

Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment.

‘The suburb of their straw-built citadel.’;

Suburbnoun

a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

Suburbnoun

an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one

‘a highly respectable suburb of Chicago’; ‘a working-class suburb’; ‘life is much better in the suburbs’;

Suburb

A suburb (or suburban area or suburbia) is a mixed-use or residential area, existing either as part of a city/urban area, or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of one. Suburbs might have their own political or legal jurisdiction, especially in the United States, but this is not always the case, especially in the United Kingdom where most suburbs are located within the administrative boundaries of cities.