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Expelled vs Ousted - What's the difference?

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Expelled is a related term of ousted.


As verbs the difference between expelled and ousted

is that expelled is (expel) while ousted is (oust).

expelled

English

Alternative forms

*expeled (US )

Verb

(head)
  • (expel)

  • expel

    English

    Verb

  • To eject or erupt.
  • (obsolete) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
  • * , II.xi:
  • But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell .
  • To remove from membership.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis
  • , title=Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism, work=Guardian citation , page=, passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}
  • To deport.
  • Synonyms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), turf out

    Antonyms

    * impel

    ousted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (oust)
  • Anagrams

    *

    oust

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To expel; to remove.
  • The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.

    Synonyms

    * banish, dismiss, eject, exclude, reject

    Antonyms

    * accept, harbor, shelter

    Derived terms

    * oustee * ouster

    Anagrams

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