Rural vs District - What's the difference?
rural | district |
Pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4 An administrative division of an area.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
(UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
(obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
* Foxe
As adjectives the difference between rural and district
is that rural is pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas while district is rigorous; stringent; harsh.As a noun district is
an administrative division of an area.As a verb district is
to divide into administrative or other districts.As a proper noun District is
the District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States.rural
English
(wikipedia rural)Adjective
(en adjective)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 * landlyAntonyms
* urban * suburbanSee also
* country ----district
English
(wikipedia district)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’}}
- the Soho district of London
- the Lake District in Cumbria
- South Oxfordshire District Council
Derived terms
* congressional district * districthood * electoral district * school districtDerived terms
* redistrictAdjective
(en adjective)- punishing with the rod of district severity