Civil vs Rural - What's the difference?
civil | rural |
(uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
(comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.
Pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4
As adjectives the difference between civil and rural
is that civil is having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion while rural is pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.civil
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people .
- It was very civil of him to stop the argument
Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----rural
English
(wikipedia rural)Adjective
(en adjective)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 … .}}
