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Courtesy vs Urbanity - What's the difference?

courtesy | urbanity |

As nouns the difference between courtesy and urbanity

is that courtesy is polite behavior while urbanity is behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.

As a verb courtesy

is alternative form of lang=en.

As an adjective courtesy

is given or done as a polite gesture.

courtesy

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Polite behavior.
    • Please extend them the courtesy of your presence.
  • (countable) A polite gesture or remark.
    • I offered them a ride simply as a courtesy .
  • * Shakespeare
    • My lord, for your many courtesies I thank you.
  • (uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.
    • They call this pond a lake by courtesy only.
  • (uncountable) Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.
    • They received free advertising through the courtesy of the local newspaper.
  • A curtsey.
  • * Goldsmith
    • The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual.

    Derived terms

    * courtesy call * courtesy card * courtesy copy * courtesy name * courtesy of

    Derived terms

    * courtesy of

    Verb

  • * Samuel Richardson
    • Well, but Polly attended, as I said; and there were strange simperings, and bowing, and courtesying , between them; the honest gentleman seeming not to know how to let his mistress wait upon him

    Adjective

    courtesy (no comparative or superlative''; ''used only before the noun )
  • Given or done as a polite gesture.
    • We paid a courtesy visit to the new neighbors.
  • Free of charge.
    • The event planners offered courtesy tickets for the reporters.

    Synonyms

    * free of charge

    References

    urbanity

    English

    (wikipedia urbanity)

    Noun

    (urbanities)
  • Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
  • * 1825 , ", The Crayon Papers ,
    • The vaunted courtesy of the old school, the smooth urbanity that prevailed in former days
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=9 citation , passage=Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.}}
  • (in the plural) Courtesies.
  • * 1864 , ,
    • Wealdon's two little visits explained perfectly the active urbanities of Captain Stanley Lake.
  • What is characteristically urban in an area; urbanness.
  • * 1955 , C.J. Lammers, Studies in Holland flood disaster 1953 , vol. 2, p. 39,
    • , the majority of cases will differ as to "urbanity ", as most of the evacuees were rural.
  • * 1956 , Fred C. IklĂ© & Harry V. Kincaid, "Social Aspects of Wartime Evacuation of American Cities", Disaster Study , vol 4., p. 44,
    • Evacuees, the majority of whom were rural persons, reported more tensions as the urbanity of the reception community increased
    Antonyms
    * rurality