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Export vs Deport - What's the difference?

export | deport |

In transitive terms the difference between export and deport

is that export is to put up (a child) for international adoption while deport is to evict, especially from a country.

As an adjective export

is of or relating to exportation or exports.

As a noun export

is something that is exported.

export

English

Adjective

(-)
  • of or relating to exportation or exports

    • Noun

    (wikipedia export)
  • (countable) something that is exported
    • Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.
  • (uncountable) the act of exporting
    • The export of fish is forbidden in this country.

    Synonyms

    * (the act of exporting ): exportation

    Antonyms

    * (something that is exported ): import * (the act of exporting ): import, importation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to carry away
  • * Francis Bacon
    • [They] export honour from a man, and make him a return in envy.
  • to sell (goods) to a foreign country
    • Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.
  • to cause to spread in another part of the world
  • (computing): to send (data) from one program to another
  • to put up (a child) for international adoption.

    • Synonyms

    * (to carry away ): remove

    Antonyms

    * (to sell (goods) to a foreign country ): import

    Derived terms

    * exportability * exportable * exportation * exporter

    deport

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To comport (oneself); to behave.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.
  • To evict, especially from a country.
  • * Walsh
    • He told us he had been deported to Spain.

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