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Exile vs Expatriation - What's the difference?

exile | expatriation | Synonyms |

Exile is a synonym of expatriation.


As nouns the difference between exile and expatriation

is that exile is exile (someone in exile) while expatriation is voluntary migration from one's native land to another.

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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    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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