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Exile vs Diaspora - What's the difference?

exile | diaspora |

As nouns the difference between exile and diaspora

is that exile is exile (someone in exile) while diaspora is diaspora.

As an adjective exile

is exiled, in exile.

As a verb exile

is .

exile

English

Noun

(wikipedia exile) (en noun)
  • The state of being banished from one's home or country.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let them be recalled from their exile .
  • Someone who is banished from one's home or country.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thou art an exile , and thou must not stay.

    Synonyms

    * (the state) banishment * (the person) expatriate, expat

    Derived terms

    * internal exile

    Verb

    (exil)
  • To send into exile.
  • * Tennyson
    • Exiled from eternal God.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Calling home our exiled friends abroad.

    Synonyms

    * banish

    Anagrams

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    diaspora

    English

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Diaspora)
  • The dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel.
  • The Jews so dispersed, taken collectively.
  • A similar dispersion.

    • Usage notes

    * (similar dispersion) In this sense the term is frequently qualified, for example as “the African Diaspora”.