Urban vs Genteel - What's the difference?
urban | genteel |
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)
Characteristic of city life.
Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
Polite and well-mannered.
Stylish or elegant.
Aristocratic
As a proper noun urban
is (uncommon).As an adjective genteel is
affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.urban
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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.}}