“Africa is a country.”
Usage Entry 1488 / 1605 60-second read
Continent vs. Country
A large land mass versus a sovereign nation.
The comparisoni
“Africa is a CONTINENT — 54 countries within it. A COUNTRY is one nation. Africa contains Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, etc.”
The ruleii
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CONTINENT = land mass. COUNTRY = nation.
CONTINENT: one of Earth's large continuous land masses (Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia/Oceania). COUNTRY: a sovereign nation. Continents contain countries.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Africa has 54 countries.