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Agricultural vs Rural - What's the difference?

agricultural | rural |

As adjectives the difference between agricultural and rural

is that agricultural is of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, et cetera while rural is pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.

agricultural

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, et cetera.
  • rural

    English

    (wikipedia rural)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .}}

    Synonyms

    * campestral * landly

    Antonyms

    * urban * suburban

    See also

    * country ----