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Suburb vs Suburbanization - What's the difference?

suburb | suburbanization |

As nouns the difference between suburb and suburbanization

is that suburb is the area on the periphery of a city or large town while suburbanization is the process of suburbanizing, of population movement from cities to suburbs.

suburb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The area on the periphery of a city or large town.
  • * Hallam
    • [London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous.
  • (by extension) The outer part; the environment.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • the suburbs of sorrow
  • * Milton
    • the suburb of their straw-built citadel
  • (AU, NZ) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

    • Derived terms

    * suburbia * suburbian * suburban * burb

    suburbanization

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The process of suburbanizing, of population movement from cities to suburbs
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 12, author=Sam Roberts, title=Suburbs Are Graying Faster Than Big Cities, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“New York was a leader in postwar suburbanization and is now leading the trend toward suburban aging,” Dr. Frey said. }}