It's dead easy.
Great Britain is basically England, Wales and Scotland. If you look at a map, it's the bigger of the two main islands, plus some of the little islands that lie off the coast of England, Wales and Scotland which are considered to be part of England, Wales and Scotland.
The UK is the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. So, this is England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (including the little islands that are considered to be part of these, as mentioned above). The UK is the sovereign nation state to which all residents of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland belong.
England is one of the consituent countries of Great Britain and the UK. It's the largest and most populous of them.
Common mistakes made by foreigners are to assume that Scotland and Wales are part of England (they're not, they're other consistuent countries within the UK); that the Republic of Ireland is part of the UK (it very much isn't, being an entirely separate country); that Scotland is separate from the UK (it isn't, although some living there would like to be); or that Northern Ireland is part of the Republic of Ireland (it isn't, it's part of the UK, and that's a whole can of worms I'm not going to open right now).
Make sense?
2007-02-06 11:06:51
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answered by Chrisso De La Zouch 3
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Politically, Great Britain describes the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales. It includes outlying islands such as the Isle of Wight, Anglesey, the Isles of Scilly, the Hebrides, and the island groups of Orkney and Shetland, but does not include the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
The United Kingdom is a political union made up of three constituent countries: England, Scotland,and Wales, and also that part of the Irish Province of Ulster known as Northern Ireland. It occupies all of the island of Great Britain and the northeast part of the island of Ireland, sharing a land border with the Republic of Ireland.
England is a country in north-west Europe and is the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total population of the United Kingdom,whilst the mainland territory of England occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. Elsewhere, it is bordered by the North Sea, Irish Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and English Channel.
2007-02-04 21:52:21
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answered by jizzumonkey 6
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GOD help us..we've been around a mutually as....the united kingdom = the united kingdom of great Britain and northerly eire...GB= The ISLAND with England, Scotland & Wales on it....SO ENGLAND is just one part of the united kingdom...BRITAIN as hostile to great Britain is used as a short sort for the comprehensive uk these days...suitable in Northern eire too.... A uk has been around using fact that 1800 whilst great Britain ( that being England, (with Wales) & Scotland which had earlier joined the two Kingdoms to sort ONE single KINGDOM...) joined with eire to sort the united kingdom of great Britain and eire (grew to alter into and northerly eire in the 1920's whilst The IRISH unfastened State replace into formed, which grew to alter into REPUBLIC in 1949...).If look into a well-known map will see eire is chop up between the IRISH REPUBLIC, it particularly is an self reliant state and not BRITISH... and northerly eire it particularly is a Province of the united kingdom.... so as a uk we are plenty older than a UNITED Germany, UNITED Italy or the dominion of Belgium...... I agree..WE do choose persistence as this could nicely be a time-honored, comparable previous question...in many circumstances coming from the US the place I presume they don't instruct international geography..WE locate out approximately NORTH usa....
2016-12-13 09:09:31
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answered by anirudh 4
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No difference, just a class thing - joints full of Poms and Pakkies!
2007-02-04 22:24:52
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answered by mad_mick001 5
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Same difference dear! i think they are just names that have been given at different times in history...
2007-02-04 21:51:56
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answered by Crazygirl 3
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