Difference between Metropolitan and Metropolis

What is the difference between Metropolitan and Metropolis?

Metropolitan as a noun is in eastern orthodoxy, a bishop empowered to oversee other bishops, an archbishop. their demesne is an archeparchy. while Metropolis as a noun is the mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony, especially in the ancient greek/hellenistic world.

Metropolitan

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: In Eastern Orthodoxy, a bishop empowered to oversee other bishops, an archbishop. Their demesne is an Archeparchy. the inhabitant of a metropolis

Example sentence: But if I had to choose a single destination where I'd be held captive for the rest of my time in New York, I'd choose the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Metropolis

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony, especially in the Ancient Greek/Hellenistic world.A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.

We hope you now know whether to use Metropolitan or Metropolis in your sentence.

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