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Urbanite vs Urbanize - What's the difference?

urbanite | urbanize |

As a noun urbanite

is urbanity.

As a verb urbanize is

to make something more urban in character.

urbanite

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who lives in a city or similar urban area.
  • One of a demographic class of young, socially-conscious, urban professionals.
  • Etymology 2

    (wikipedia urbanite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Rock-like recycled building material from man-made sources.
  • * 2002 , Joseph F. Kennedy, The Art of Natural Building , ISBN 9780865714335, p. 107:
  • In Eugene, Oregon, Rob Bolman received a building permit for a straw bale house with a foundation made of stacked urbanite with a cement-sand mortar and a poured concrete bond beam on top.

    urbanize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * urbanise not valid in American English

    Verb

    (urbaniz)
  • To make something more urban in character.
  • To take up an urban way of life.