Downtown vs Urban – What’s the difference?

Downtown vs Urban - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between downtown and urban is that downtown is of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area while urban is related to the (or any) city.

As an adverb downtown is in, or towards the downtown area; southward.
As a noun downtown is (chiefly|us) either the lower, or the business center of a city or town.

English

(wikipedia downtown )

Adjective

(en adjective )

of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area

John walked everyday to his downtown job.

Adverb

(en adverb )

in, or towards the downtown area; southward

You need to go downtown four blocks.

(basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.

That shot came from way downtown!

Noun

(en noun )

(chiefly, US) either the lower, or the business center of a city or town

Synonyms

* (business center of a city)

Synonyms

* CBD, central business district, city (Australia )
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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

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