Exiled vs Refugee - What's the difference?
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(exile)
The state of being banished from one's home or country.
* Shakespeare
Someone who is banished from one's home or country.
* Shakespeare
To send into exile.
* Tennyson
* Shakespeare
A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, i.e., a person seeking a political asylum.
A person seeking refuge in a foreign country due to poverty and no prospect of overcoming said poverty in his home country, i.e., a person seeking an economic asylum.
A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster.
A person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country.
(transitive, US, historical) To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.
As verbs the difference between exiled and refugee
is that exiled is (exile) while refugee is (transitive|us|historical) to convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.As a noun refugee is
a person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, ie, a person seeking a political asylum.exiled
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Verb
(head)exile
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Noun
(wikipedia exile) (en noun)- Let them be recalled from their exile .
- Thou art an exile , and thou must not stay.
Synonyms
* (the state) banishment * (the person) expatriate, expatDerived terms
* internal exileVerb
(exil)- Exiled from eternal God.
- Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
