Difference between Rural and Hick

RURAL vs HICK: NOUN

Not very intelligent or interested in culture
A person regarded as unsophisticated, gullible, or coarse from having lived in the country.
A countryman: used like hodge.
A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture; a hayseed.
An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.

Relating to rural areas
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the country.
Of or relating to people who live in the country.
Of or relating to farming; agricultural.
Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic.
Of or pertaining to agriculture.
See under Dean.
The state, office, or residence, of a rural dean.
Living in or characteristic of farming or country life
Of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city
Pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.

Awkwardly simple and provincial
Provincial; unsophisticated.
Rural. Opposite of urban.
Characteristic of rural people, especially those not knowledgeable about matters outside their locality.

Pertaining to agriculture or farming: as, rural economy.
Living in the country; rustic.
Synonyms Rural, Rustic, Pastoral, Bucolic. Rural is always used in a good sense, and is applied chiefly to things: as, rural pleasures; rural scenery. Rustic is used in a good sense, but also has a sense implying a lack of the refinements of the town or city: as, rustic gallantry. Pastoral means belonging to a shepherd or his kind of life; bucolic, belonging to the care of cattle or to that kind of life. Pastoral is always used in a good sense; bucolic is now often used with a shade of contempt.
[Cowper applies rural to persons as well as things.]

Arcadian, Agrestic, Countrified, Folksy, Homespun, Country, Frontier, Hick, Pastoral, Rustic, Bucolic, Farm, Agricultural, Farming, Agrarian

Naif, Dork, Hillbilly, Redneck, Chawbacon, Bumpkinly, Provincial, Rural, Yahoo, Unsophisticated, Rustic, Yokel, Bumpkin, Hayseed, Rube

Arcadian, Agrestic, Countrified, Folksy, Homespun, Country, Frontier, Hick, Pastoral, Rustic, Bucolic, Farm, Agricultural, Farming, Agrarian

Cracker, Peasant, Naif, Dork, Hillbilly, Redneck, Bumpkinly, Provincial, Rural, Unsophisticated, Rustic, Yokel, Bumpkin, Hayseed, Rube

Rural carrier associates fill in for regular rural mail carriers who need time off due to illness, emergency or vacation.
USDA Rural Development is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in rural America.
Develop rural design standards which enhance strong rural character and neighborhood identity while providing adequate safety.
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Mzimba, Kasungu, Ntchisi, Dowa, Lilongwe Rural, Dedza, Zomba Rural, Chiradzulu, Thyolo and Mulanje.
However, NBC implementation has not addressed common rural housing typologies in rural areas.
Jr: Rural Development Programmes and Rural Underdevelopment in Nigeria: A Rethink.
Provide information on rural people, communities and the rural economy.
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Rural View is a rural estate agent based in Wiltshire that specialises in the sale and letting of quality country houses and rural properties.