Civil vs. Civic
Civil and Civic Definitions
Civil
Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens
Civil duties.
Civic
Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
Civil
Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state
Government agencies concerned with civil affairs.
Civic
Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride.
Civil
Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical
Married in a civil ceremony at city hall.
Civic
Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.
Civic duty
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Civil
Sufficiently observing or befitting accepted social usages; polite
A civil reply.
Civic
Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.
Civil
Being in accordance with or denoting legally recognized divisions of time
A civil year.
Civic
Of or relating or belonging to a city;
Civic center
Civic problems
Civil
(Law) Relating to the rights of private individuals and legal proceedings concerning these rights as distinguished from criminal, military, or international regulations or proceedings.
Civic
Of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals;
Civil rights
Civil liberty
Civic duties
Civic pride
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Civil
(uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.
Civil
(comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.
It was very civil of him to stop the argument.
Civil
(archaic) In a peaceful and well-ordered state.
Civil
(legal) Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.
A civil case
Civil
Secular.
Civil
Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.
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Civil
Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; - said of the community.
England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil.
Civil
Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; - said of an individual.
Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven.
Civil
Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.
Civil
Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
Civil
Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.
Civil
Applying to ordinary citizens;
Civil law
Civil authorities
Civil
Not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others;
Even if he didn't like them he should have been civil
Civil
Of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state;
Civil affairs
Civil strife
Civil disobediece
Civil branches of government
Civil
Of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals;
Civil rights
Civil liberty
Civic duties
Civic pride
Civil
(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life;
The civil calendar
A civil day begins at mean midnight
Civil
Of or in a condition of social order;
Civil peoples
