Is Great Britain the same thin thing as England? If not what's the difference?

Question

Is Great Britain the same thin thing as England? If not what's the difference?

Answer 1

Aren't the USA Canada and Mexico all just America really ???

Great Britain is the large island that contains three country's England, Wales and Scotland.

The United Kingdom also includes The Isle Of Mann, The Channel Islands and Northern Ireland.

There is not a good way of describing someone from the UK the way Americans confuse England and Britain has led to the term British being quite offencive if you come from any of the places listed above (Which are all separate country's with separate governments but all under the one Queen). The fact relations between these country's aren't good also adds to the dislike of this term.

The term British can also be offencive because that is commonly used by immigrants who can not claim birth from one country in the UK.

The term British is also used by people belonging to "British territories" (the remains of the British Empire, Hong Kong was the last major territory).

Its kind of like the whole Eskimo Inuit thing.

If  in doubt just use the term UK and then ask what part of the UK the person is from.

Answer 2

Are the U.S. the same thing as New York? If not what´s the difference? xDDDD

Answer 3

GB is Wales, Scotland and England

Which is why officially its GB and NI(Northern Ireland)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Brita...

Answer 4

Great Britain is a geographical term which refers to the largest Island out of all the British Isles  

England is a constituent part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  This consists of Scotland England Wales and Northern Ireland.

Answer 5

No they are not. England is just a country. Great Britain includes Ireland and England

Answer 6

England is a part of Great Britain. Great Britain is one of several islands of the British Isles,Great Britain being the largest. On Great Britain one can find Engalnd,Scotland and Wales.

Great Britain is not to be confused with the United Kingdom,which is England, Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland and includes Commonwealth countries.

Answer 7

Top contributor B.E.C. has a poor grasp of facts.

No Commonwealth countries are included in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles and is a geographical term.

This island is composed of three nations.

They are England, Scotland and Wales.

The second largest island of the British Isles is called Ireland and part of this island is politically separate from the rest of it and is called Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland is governed by the British Parliament and comes under the jurisdiction of the British crown.

Therefore it forms part of the state known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The rest of the island of Ireland is an independent state known as the Republic of Ireland.

Answer 8

Great Britian used to be greater, England is still the same old England.