different between citify vs countrify

English

Alternative forms

• cityfy

Etymology

From city +? -fy.

Pronunciation

Verb

citify (third-person singular simple present citifies, present participle citifying, simple past and past participle citified)

1. (intransitive, informal) To become more like or more in the character of a city.
   • 1946, Harper's Magazine, Volume 192,

     The metropolis grows like a tree in concentric circles, rim upon rim, the inner rings hardening or "citifying" and the outer bark expanding or "urbanizing."
2. (transitive, slang) To make more like or more in the character of a city.
   • 1995, National Geographic Society, National Geographic, Volume 187,

     "But these newcomers are citifying the rural atmosphere." They're also citifying prices.

3. (transitive, informal) To make more like a city person.

Synonyms

• urbanize

Antonyms

• countrify

English

Etymology

country +? -fy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t??.f??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t???fa?/, /-t?i-/
• Hyphenation: coun?tri?fy

Verb

countrify (third-person singular simple present countrifies, present participle countrifying, simple past and past participle countrified)

1. (transitive) To make rural or rustic.

Antonyms

• citify

References

• “countrify”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.