The two overlap each other in many ways and are not opposites at all. The USA started out as mostly a Republic but has transformed over they years to be more of a democracy. One main difference is that everyone can now vote as opposed to wealth white males being the only ones who could vote when this country first started. A correct label for this country in its current state would be a Democratic Republic or a Representative Democracy. Saying that the USA is a Republic and not a Democracy is similar to saying that yellow-green is not yellow.
Historically, "Democratic Republic" usually meant "socialist". "People's Democratic Republic" (or "Democratic People's Republic" meant "really, REALLY socialist".
The United States government is a democratic republic.
Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Africa.
republic
The Roman Republic was neither authoritarian nor democratic. It was oligarchic.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The leader of the democratic republic is Toma.
Finnish Democratic Republic ended in 1940.
The river Congo is in the Democratic republic of the CongoThe river Congo is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The population of Democratic Republic of the Congo is 71,712,867.
Mexico is more democratic then it is republican. It is a republic though.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo.