Cosmopolitan vs. Provincial — What's the Difference?

Including people from many different countries

Of or concerning a province of a country or empire

(of a plant or animal) found all over the world.

Of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded

A cosmopolitan person

An inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.

A plant or animal found all over the world.

An inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded

A cocktail made with Cointreau, lemon vodka, cranberry juice, and lime juice.

The head or chief of a province or of a religious order in a province.

Pertinent or common to the whole world

Of or relating to a province.

Having constituent elements from all over the world or from many different parts of the world

Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated

So sophisticated as to be at home in all parts of the world or conversant with many spheres of interest

Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered.

(Ecology) Growing or occurring in many parts of the world; widely distributed.

A native or inhabitant of the provinces.

A cosmopolitan person or organism; a cosmopolite.

A person who has provincial ideas or habits.

A cocktail made of vodka, orange liqueur, cranberry juice, and lime juice. Also called cosmo.

Of or pertaining to a province.

Inclusive; affecting the whole world.

Constituting a province.

Composed of people from all over the world.

Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.

(of a person) At ease in any part of the world; familiar with many cultures.

Not cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude

Growing or living in many parts of the world; widely distributed.

Narrow; illiberal.

A cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.

Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.

A cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice.

Limited in outlook; narrow.

The butterfly Vanessa cardui.

A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.

The moth Leucania loreyi

(Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.

One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.

(obsolete) A constitution issued by the head of an ecclesiastical province.

Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.

A country bumpkin.

Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world.

Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.

A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal.

Growing or occurring in many parts of the world;

Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod.

Composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests;

Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal.

Of worldwide scope or applicability;

A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.

A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.

(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order;

A country person

Of or associated with a province;

Characteristic of the provinces or their people;