Compatriot vs Expatriate - What's the difference?
compatriot | expatriate |
Somebody from one's own country.
* Palfrey
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Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
* Thomson
Of, or relating to, people who are expatriates.
* an expatriate mailing list
One who lives outside one’s own country.
One who has been banished from one’s own country.
To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
To withdraw from one’s native country.
To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
As nouns the difference between compatriot and expatriate
is that compatriot is somebody from one's own country while expatriate is one who lives outside one’s own country.As adjectives the difference between compatriot and expatriate
is that compatriot is of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism while expatriate is of, or relating to, people who are expatriates.As a verb expatriate is
to banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.compatriot
English
Noun
(en noun)- the distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America
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Synonyms
* fellow citizen * fellow countryman, fellow countrywomanAdjective
(en adjective)- She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, / Compatriot , zealous, hospitable, kind.
