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Deportation vs Expatriation - What's the difference?

deportation | expatriation |

As nouns the difference between deportation and expatriation

is that deportation is the act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation while expatriation is voluntary migration from one's native land to another.

deportation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

    • Derived terms

    * self-deportation

    expatriation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • voluntary migration from one's native land to another
  • forced expulsion of from one's native land to another
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