Civilian vs Civilized - What's the difference?
civilian | civilized |
A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
(label) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity.
One skilled in civil law.
* Jonathan Swift
A student of civil law at a university or college.
That which is not related to the military, police or other uniformed profession
Having a highly developed society or culture.
Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.
Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=5
‘Civilized ,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’}}
As adjectives the difference between civilian and civilized
is that civilian is that which is not related to the military, police or other uniformed profession while civilized is having a highly developed society or culture.As a noun civilian
is a person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.civilian
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* civilised (mostly British)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
‘Civilized ,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’}}