Rural vs Remote - What's the difference?
rural | remote |
Pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.
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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4 At a distance; disconnected.
Distant or otherwise inaccessible.
Unlikely.
Emotionally detached.
Short for remote control.
(broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
(computing) To connect to a computer from a remote location.
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As adjectives the difference between rural and remote
is that rural is pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas while remote is at a distance; disconnected.As a noun remote is
short for remote control.As a verb remote is
to connect to a computer from a remote location.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 ----remote
English
Adjective
(er)- A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.
- After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.
- There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.
- After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.
Synonyms
* (at a distance ): disconnected, hands-free, wireless * (distant or otherwise inaccessible ): far, hidden, outlying * (unlikely ): abysmal, faint, improbable, poor * (emotionally detached ): aloof, dispassionate, distant, removed, withdrawnAntonyms
* (at a distance ): attached, connected, contiguous, direct * (distant or otherwise inaccessible ): close, near, proximate * (unlikely ): likely, probable, reasonable, sure * (emotionally detached ): companionable, intimate, involved, passionateDerived terms
* remote control * remoteness * remote surgeryNoun
(en noun)- I hate it when my uncle comes over to visit; he always sits in the best chair and hogs the remote .