Wha tis the difference between England and Britain?

Answer 1

The differences are:'Britain' is 'England',Scotland',Wales and 'Northern Ireland'(Ulster).

Answer 2

"England, Britain and UK In sports like Cricket, Football (Soccer), its England, whereas in sports like Olympics, its Britain, whereas some people call it UK?" NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! All wrong! England is not the same thing as Britain and neither are the same thing as the UK England is just ONE of four countries which make up the UK. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are equal members in the union with England. Britain, or more correctly Great Britain, is an island upon which the majority of England, Scotland and Wales are located. Northern Ireland is located on the neigbouring island of Ireland, which it shares with the Republic of Ireland, an independent sovereign state. The UK a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy, meaning the monarch (king or queen) does not personally exercise power, but the government derives their right to rule from him or her. The Queen is the ceremonial head of state, she is not a politician. The UK has been a monarchy ever since it was formed in 1707, however in those days, the monarch was the head of government as well as the head of state. They exercised full power over the country. Prior to the union being formed, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England shared the island of Great Britain. In 1801, the Kingdom of Ireland joined the union, while in 1922, the southern portion of Ireland seceded to become its own republic

Answer 3

Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles, a small group of islands off the western coast of Northern Europe.
The island is made up of three countries, England , Scotland and Wales.
The second largest island of the British Isles is called Ireland.
This is made up of two countries, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are politically joined in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Answer 4

England (and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) aren't really countries, it's just an obscure British usage because we don't really have term for them where province or something similar would be used in other countries.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country, England is a region which makes up a large chunk of said country.

Answer 5

England, Scotland, Wales - They make up United Kingdom which can be called Britain and Great Britain

Answer 6

Simply put...

Great Britain (Britain) =
England - country, capital = London
Wales - principality and country, capital = Cardiff
Scotland - country, capital = Edinburgh

United Kingdom =
Great Britain +
Northern Ireland - province known as Ulster, capital = Belfast.
Known as -
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Southern Ireland - country/state known as Eire, capital = Dublin has not been part of the United Kingdom since 1922.

Answer 7

Britain is the name of the Island.
Three States live in that Island: Scotland,Wales and England.And because the last,is the biggest among them,it is usually confused as the Whole of the Long Island.

The Great is called that Britain to distinguish it,from the small Peninsula in Gaul where Britons took Refuge and other islands in the Archipelago,called Britannic Islands.

Answer 8

England is one of the nations (along with Scotland and Wales) on the island of Britain.

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Answer 9

Britian is like an empire, made up of several countries. England is a country in Great Britian.

Answer 10

The name United Kingdom refers to the union of what were once four separate countries: England, Scotland, Wales