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Rural vs District - What's the difference?

rural | district |

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)
  • 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

    See also

    * country ----

    district

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An administrative division of an area.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword 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
  • An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
  • the Lake District in Cumbria
  • (UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
  • South Oxfordshire District Council

    Derived terms

    * congressional district * districthood * electoral district * school district

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To divide into administrative or other s.
  • Derived terms

    * redistrict

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
  • * Foxe
  • punishing with the rod of district severity