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urban area vs municipality

municipality vs urban area

urban area and municipality both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
urban area Yes No No No
municipality Yes No No No
As nouns, municipality is a hyponym of urban area; that is, municipality is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than urban area:
  • urban area: a geographical area constituting a city or town
  • municipality: an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
Other hyponyms of urban area include megalopolis, conurbation, sprawl, urban sprawl, new town, barrio.
urban area (noun) municipality (noun)
a geographical area constituting a city or town people living in a town or city having local self-government
an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
Difference between urban area and municipality

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