English Language & Usage Asked on August 8, 2021
Do these two sentences imply different meanings?
Our company is based in Melbourne, Australia.
Our company is located in Melbourne, Australia.
I would say so, yes.
It's subtle, though.
"based" implies that you are speaking of a head office even though the business may have sub-offices.
Some employee in the US might say: "Sony is based in Japan" [although they probably have offices in America]
"located" is simply specifying the location.
"The Sony head office is located in Japan"
"Based in" simply adds a bit of information about where the main office of a company is. Not always the case, but in many cases.
Correct answer by OneProton on August 8, 2021
For how I understand it, based at Shirley means the center of operations are on Shirley, while located in Shirley could refer to one of the agencies of the business.
Answered by apaderno on August 8, 2021
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