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Exile vs Deportation - What's the difference?

exile | deportation |

As nouns the difference between exile and deportation

is that exile is the state of being banished from one's home or country while deportation is the act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

As a verb exile

is to send into exile.

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

    * ----

    deportation

    English

    Noun

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

    • Derived terms

    * self-deportation