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Rural vs Countrylike - What's the difference?

rural | countrylike |

As adjectives the difference between rural and countrylike

is that rural is pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas while countrylike is resembling or characteristic of the country; rural.

rural

English

(wikipedia rural)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 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 … .}}

    Synonyms

    * campestral * landly

    Antonyms

    * urban * suburban

    Related terms

    * ruralistic

    See also

    * country ----

    countrylike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of the country; rural.