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Urban vs Cosmopolitan - What's the difference?

urban | cosmopolitan |

As adjectives the difference between urban and cosmopolitan

is that urban is related to the (or any) city while cosmopolitan is all-inclusive; affecting the whole world.

As a proper noun Urban

is a given name derived from Latin.

As a noun cosmopolitan is

a cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.

urban

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Related to the (or any) city.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-10
  • , author=Audrey Garric , title=Urban canopies let nature bloom , volume=188, issue=22, page=30 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.}}
  • Characteristic of city life.
  • Antonyms

    * nonurban * rural * bucolic

    Derived terms

    * urban crawl * urban culture * urban fabric * urban legend * urbane * urbanism * urbanite * urbanity * urbanize, urbanise * urbanization, urbanisation * urban renewal

    See also

    * Urbanus

    References

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    Anagrams

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    cosmopolitan

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia cosmopolitan) (en adjective)
  • all-inclusive; affecting the whole world
  • (of a place, or, institution) composed of people from all over the world
  • (of a person) at ease in any part of the world
  • (biology, ecology) growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite
  • a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice