Arab vs Lebanese - What's the difference?
arab | lebanese |
Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
, volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A Semitic person, whose antecedents were from Arabia
An inhabitant of Arabia
A member of an Arabic-speaking community
A particular breed of horse.
A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent.
Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, the Lebanese people or the Lebanese language.
As adjectives the difference between arab and lebanese
is that arab is (l), arabic while lebanese is of, from, or pertaining to lebanon, the lebanese people or the lebanese language.As nouns the difference between arab and lebanese
is that arab is (l) while lebanese is a person from lebanon or of lebanese descent.arab
English
Usage notes
The second pronunciation (with a long "a" sound) is derogatory and used only in the sense of a person.Adjective
(-)Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution, passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}
