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Urbanization vs Modernization - What's the difference?

urbanization | modernization |

As nouns the difference between urbanization and modernization

is that urbanization is the process of the formation and growth of cities while modernization is the process of modernizing.

urbanization

English

Alternative forms

* urbanisation

Noun

(wikipedia urbanization) (en noun)
  • the process of the formation and growth of cities
  • the change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas
  • the proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing

    • modernization

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia modernization)
  • the process of modernizing

    • Alternative forms

    * modernisation

    Related terms

    * modernize * modernizer