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Rural vs Podunk - What's the difference?

rural | podunk |

As adjectives the difference between rural and podunk

is that rural is pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas while podunk is small, rural, and unimportant.

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 ----

    podunk

    English

    Alternative forms

    * podunk

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Mythical small town of no importance.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 15, author=Scott Miller, title=This verdict's already in: Bonds won't hit No. 763, work=CBS Sports citation
    • , passage=This isn't some Podunk' charge in some ' Podunk court. Charged with four counts of perjury and one of obstruction of justice, Bonds, if convicted, could be sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in prison.}}

    Synonyms

    * (mythical small town of no importance) backwater, hog waller, hog island, hog town, jerkwater town, one-horse town