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Urban vs Urbanness - What's the difference?

urban | urbanness |

As a proper noun urban

is (uncommon).

As a noun urbanness is

the state or condition of being urban.

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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    urbanness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being urban.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 18, author=Anemona Hartocollis, title=Workshop on Preparing for Calamities Focuses on the Flu, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The city’s quintessential urbanness could be its silver lining. }}