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urban area vs conurbation

conurbation vs urban area

urban area and conurbation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
urban area Yes No No No
conurbation Yes No No No
As nouns, conurbation is a hyponym of urban area; that is, conurbation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than urban area:
  • urban area: a geographical area constituting a city or town
  • conurbation: an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
Other hyponyms of urban area include megalopolis, sprawl, urban sprawl, municipality, new town, barrio.
urban area (noun) conurbation (noun)
a geographical area constituting a city or town an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
Difference between urban area and conurbation

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