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Evacuation vs Refuge - What's the difference?

evacuation | refuge |

As nouns the difference between evacuation and refuge

is that evacuation is evacuation (act of emptying) while refuge is a state of safety, protection or shelter.

As a verb refuge is

to return to a place of shelter.

evacuation

English

(wikipedia evacuation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
  • Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, fortress, etc.
  • Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
  • The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
  • That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
    • (Quincy)
  • Abolition; nullification.
    • (Hooker)

    Derived terms

    * evac * Evacuation Day * med-evac * noncombatant evacuation operations * tactical aeromedical evacuation

    Related terms

    * evacuee * evacuate * evacuation slide

    refuge

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A state of safety, protection or shelter.
  • * Milton
    • Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge .
  • A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
  • Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 21, author=Helen Pidd, work=the Guardian
    • , title= Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis , passage=Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.}}
  • An expedient to secure protection or defence.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Their latest refuge / Was to send him.

    Synonyms

    * haven * sanctuary * zoar

    Derived terms

    * refugee * refugium

    Verb

    (refug)
  • To return to a place of shelter.
  • * 2011 , Michael D. Gumert, ?Agustín Fuentes, ?Lisa Jones-Engel, Monkeys on the Edge
    • Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.
  • (obsolete) To shelter; to protect.
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