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Urbane vs Civility - What's the difference?

urbane | civility |

As an adjective urbane

is courteous, polite, refined, and suave.

As a noun civility is

politeness; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.

urbane

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a man) Courteous, polite, refined, and suave.
  • * 1949 : George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four , p12
    • He felt deeply drawn to him, and not solely because he was intrigued by the contrast between O’Brien’s urbane manner and his prize-fighter’s physique.

    Antonyms

    * rustic

    Related terms

    * urban

    References

    * The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition] ----

    civility

    English

    (wikipedia civility)

    Noun

  • Politeness]]; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of [[behave, behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.
  • * Chesterfield
    • The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be.
  • (obsolete) The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; civilization.
  • * Sir J. Davies
    • Monarchies have risen from barbarism to civility , and fallen again to ruin.
  • (obsolete) A civil office, or a civil process.
  • * Latimer
    • To serve in a civility .