Difference between Cosmopolitan and Cosmopolite

What is the difference between Cosmopolitan and Cosmopolite?

Cosmopolitan as a noun is a cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite while Cosmopolite as a noun is one who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.

Cosmopolitan

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: all-inclusive; affecting the whole world composed of people from all over the world at ease in any part of the world growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed

Example sentence: Sinatra's melancholy was the melancholy of mass (old) media technology - the 'extimacy' of the records facilitated by the phonograph and the microphone, and expressing a peculiarly cosmopolitan and urban sadness.

Cosmopolite

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.A painted lady (a butterfly of a certain species).

We hope you now know whether to use Cosmopolitan or Cosmopolite in your sentence.

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