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Metropolis and Megalopolis, Distinguished
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A metropolis is a city with its suburbs and exurbs; a megalopolis is an urban corridor joining several metropolises.
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One city with its ring of suburbs forms a metropolis; several metropolises grown together along a corridor form a megalopolis.
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A megalopolis is a chain of connected metropolises, not one very large city; the difference is structural, not merely a matter of size.
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