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Expelled vs Removed - What's the difference?

expelled | removed |

As verbs the difference between expelled and removed

is that expelled is (expel) while removed is (remove).

As an adjective removed is

separated in time, space, or degree.

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

    removed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Separated in time, space, or degree.
  • Now that we are here one week removed .
  • Of a different generation, older or younger
  • Steve is my second cousin once removed .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (remove)
  • See also

    * cousin * once removed * twice removed ----