Deport vs Ostracize - What's the difference?
deport | ostracize |
To comport (oneself); to behave.
* Alexander Pope
To evict, especially from a country.
* Walsh
To exclude (a person) from society or from a community, by not communicating with (them) or by refusing to acknowledge (their) presence; to refuse to talk to or associate with; to shun.
* 2003 , Cele C. Otnes, Elizabeth Hafkin Pleck, Cinderella Dreams: The Allure of the Lavish Wedding ,
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* 2007 , Petra Hauf and Friedrich Försterling (editors), Making Minds: The shaping of human minds through social context ,
(lb) To ban a person from the city of (l) for ten years.
As verbs the difference between deport and ostracize
is that deport is to comport (oneself); to behave while ostracize is to exclude (a person) from society or from a community, by not communicating with (them) or by refusing to acknowledge (their) presence; to refuse to talk to or associate with; to shun.deport
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Verb
(en verb)- Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.
- He told us he had been deported to Spain.
Anagrams
* * * * ----ostracize
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Alternative forms
* ostracise (non-Oxford British spelling)Verb
- Lesbian studies scholar Ramona Oswald has extended this criticism by arguing that traditions such as the bouquet toss and the "singles" table at the wedding reception often marginalize and ostracize lesbians and gays in attendance.
- Children ostracize' other children in the playground, choosing carefully who they wish to play with. Adults ' ostracize other adults, such as marriage partners using the silent treatment.