As nouns the difference between diaspora and expatriate
is that diaspora is the dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Captivity while expatriate is one who lives outside one’s own country.
As a proper noun Diaspora
is the dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel.
As an adjective 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.
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”.
expatriate
Adjective
(-)
Of, or relating to, people who are expatriates.
* an expatriate mailing list
Noun
(
en noun)
One who lives outside one’s own country.
One who has been banished from one’s own country.
Synonyms
*
* outland
Derived terms
* expat
* rex-pat, rex-patriate
Related terms
* inpatriate
* repatriate
See also
* immigrant
* emigrant
Verb
(expatriat)
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.
Related terms
* repatriate
* patriate
