What's the difference between England and Britain?

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Leap Year

"England" is sometimes, wrongly, used in reference to the whole United Kingdom, the entire island of Great Britain (or simply Britain), or indeed the British Isles. This is not only incorrect but can cause offence to people from other parts of the UK.
( Nationality of the British people).

The diverse history of England, Scotland and Wales has led to very different cultural traditions; The Scots and Welsh have right to feel aggrieved whenever the term 'English' is used wrongly, to mean all three.

The name United Kingdom refers to the union of what were once four separate countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland ( though most of Ireland is now independent.)

The UK's full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Great Britain comprises only of England, Scotland and Wales.

Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles.

England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom
and the British Isles do not mean the same thing!

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flyingconfused

Shocking! That's like saying what's the difference between New York State and the USA?

Gentleman

England is in asia, and britain is in africa

203

Britain = England, Scotland, Wales

United Kingdon = England, Scotland Wales (Britain) and Northern Ireland

Lammy

Great Britain is the island containing Wales, England & Scotland. The UK is Great Britain & Northern Ireland.

dels replies

The British isles is the group of islands that includes England,Wales,Scotland,Ireland,the Channel islands,The Scilly Isles,The Isle of Man,The Western Isles,The Orkneys and Shetlands,plus numerous other small islands dotted about.The United Kingdom is the group of countries that is ruled by the monarch and is all of the above with the exception of Southern Ireland(Eire)which is a republic..Britain or Great Britain refers to the mainland of England,Wales and Scotland.

Afallon

(Great) Britain is made up of England, Scotland and Wales.
UK = Great Britain + Northern Ireland.

muzzsky

I understand your confusion. American commentators and News Broadcasters often refer to England, when in fact they should say Britain or the UK.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the full title.

This is abbreviated to Britain, the UK or Great Britain.

Great Britain is the main island and consists of England Scotland and Wales. Ireland is the smaller island but only the northern part is part of the UK.

Tony Blair for example is the Prime Minister of the UK, not just England.

Calling him the Prime Minister of England is like calling President Bush the President of Texas.

I hope that makes sense.

Penfold

Britain = England, Scotland, Wales.
UK = Britain plus Northern Ireland,
British Isles = All the islands around Britain (including but not limited to the mainland of Britain, the mainland of Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Isle of Man).

Patrick Cool

The spelling.

bugaboo

England is the other part; the uk, britain is the whole.

Kevan M

The United Kingdom is comprised of the Monarchy of England and Scotland, the Principality of Wales and the Islands of the North (i.e. the Orkneys, Shetlands and Hebridies). Northern Ireland is a seperate issue, hence why on legal documents you see 'United Kingdom and Northern Ireland'.
Britian is made up of all the islands situated in the area, so this includes the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man and the Baliwicks of The Channel Islands.
Hope this Helps further.

Liam H

Great Britain is England Scotland and Wales. Which is different to the UK because of no Northern Ireland. Well that s what i think it is

Chigga

England makes up the final group, all four together make up The United Kingdom

realdolby

I fink all these people are rong.u shud liook at vikapeda to check it out.but av aswingin day

Hibeeechick

England is the country within Britain or UK or British Isles

Spider geezer.

The United Kingdom is the realm of Her Majesty the Queen.

England, is the head of the United Kingdom.

The United Kigdom, comprises of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Jersey, Manx ,Guernsey,Scilly Isles, Shetland and Orkney and some whose names I would have to look on the map for, but are mostly inhabited by sheep.

Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland can be counted as 4 seperate countries. There is a clear distinction between them

The UK refers to "The United Kingdom Alliance af Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales" as ruled by the Royal household and the Monarch (Currently HRH Queen Elizabeth 2).

Great Britian refers to the land mass of Scotland, England and Wales.

Corneilius

The official name of the country known as GB or UK is

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Gurnsey, Jersey and their dominions.

The confusion is caused because the geographical name of the British Isles also includes the Republic of Ireland (Eire)

The larger of the two islands is sometimes known as Great Britain,(England Scotland and Wales but not including any of the islands around the cost such as Isle of Man Gurnsey Jersey Orkney or Shetland). I have never known the smaller island be called Less (or Lesser) Britain, it is called Ireland.

It is quite confusing

cobymox

The UK includes Wales, Scotland, England and the whole of Ireland whereas Great Britain does not include the Republic of Ireland.

Sgcray

England makes the final part!

Happy Murcia

Britain , or the British Isles is made up of several countries, Scotland ,England ,Wales ,Northern Ireland ,Isle of Man (The Isle of Man has its own small parliament and is not really a country ),
Britain is the colective name for all those countries...

marco

Yeh, what gives?

mikey31

England makes up the final country in the UK ( along with other states which are remnants of the empire). Britian is the island (geographical) that comprises of mainland Scotland, Wales and England.

diamonds

are you serious?? - england is one of the countries within the union of Great Britain...along with Scotland, Wales & N.Ireland

James

britain / united kingdon = england + scotland + wales + northern ireland

slipstreamer

England, which is a singular country makes up the final part, Britain/UK is the whole (although that may change w/ the Scottish)

ANGELO [my 3 passions]

England, Wales, and N.Ireland are the United Kingdom (political name). Scotland & Ireland don't agree that they're part of it. Although Scotland is counted in, Ireland is mostly independent, but they're indeed a part of Britain or the British Isles (geographically speaking.)
Canada & Australia also are affiliated with the UK and follow the Queen.

manasvini

England.

littleroo24

Its England. The uk is islands which are called the british isles which is where britain comes from.

Ricky Bobby

UK = Great Britain = England + Wales + Scotland basically speaking

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