What is the difference between a Nation and Country??

Answer 1

Nation
1.a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
2.the territory or country itself: the nations of Central America.
3.a member tribe of an American Indian confederation.
4.an aggregation of persons of the same ethnic family, often speaking the same language or cognate languages.

country
1.a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
2.the territory of a nation.
3.the people of a district, state, or nation: The whole country backed the president in his decision.
4.the land of one's birth or citizenship.
5.rural districts, including farmland, parkland, and other sparsely populated areas, as opposed to cities or towns: Many city dwellers like to spend their vacations in the country.
6.any considerable territory demarcated by topographical conditions, by a distinctive population, etc.: mountainous country; the Amish country of Pennsylvania.
7.a tract of land considered apart from any geographical or political limits; region; district.
8.the public.
9.Law. the public at large, as represented by a jury.

Answer 2

Difference Between Nation And Country

Answer 3

I would define a nation as a group of people with a common history, ethnicity, culture and language.
A country is the territory of a state, and can consist of several nations, or be inhabited by only part of a nation.
Of course there are exceptions from that rule, but I think it generally works.

Answer 4

Nation = the people that form a country.

Country = the physical space occupied by nations.

Answer 5

Nation is a group of people.
Country is a nation with government.