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Civil vs Uncivilized - What's the difference?

civil | uncivilized |

As adjectives the difference between civil and uncivilized

is that civil is (uncomparable) having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion while uncivilized is crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.

civil

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
    • She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people .
  • (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.
    • It was very civil of him to stop the argument

    Antonyms

    (ant-top) * (l) (ant-mid) * (l) (ant-bottom)

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----

    uncivilized

    English

    Alternative forms

    * uncivilised

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.
  • Used to describe people who display a marked lack of manners as defined by a given culture.
  • Used to describe behaviours deemed savage or inappropriate.