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As nouns the difference between civilization and heritage

is that civilization is an organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political or technical development while heritage is heritage, inheritance, legacy.

As a proper noun civilization

is collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised]], as savages or [[barbarian|barbarians cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the civilised world .

civilization

English

(wikipedia civilization) ("civilization on Wikiquote")

Alternative forms

* civilisation (UK)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political or technical development.
    • the Aztec civilization
    Western civilization
    Modern civilization is a product of industrialization and globalization.
  • (uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.
    • A hermit doesn't much care for civilization .
    I'm glad to be back in civilization after a day with that rowdy family.
  • The act or process of civilizing]] or becoming [[civilize, civilized.
    • The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task.
  • The state or quality of being civilized.
    • He was a man of great civilization .
  • (obsolete) The act of rendering a criminal process civil.

    • Synonyms

    * (large-scale stage of societal development) culture, order * (group of countries) sphere * (act of civilizing) education, acculturation * (preferred human society) home, the land of the living

    Derived terms

    * civilizational * civilizationally

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised]], as savages or [[barbarian, barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World

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    heritage

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
  • A tradition; something that can be passed down from preceding generations.
  • A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
  • (attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
    • The university requires heritage''' Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-'''heritage students.