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Fugitive vs Deserter - What's the difference?

fugitive | deserter |

As nouns the difference between fugitive and deserter

is that fugitive is a person who is fleeing or escaping from something, especially prosecution while deserter is a person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving.

As an adjective fugitive

is fleeing or running away.

fugitive

English

(wikipedia fugitive)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is fleeing or escaping from something, especially prosecution.
  • *
  • *:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!”

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fleeing or running away
  • transient, fleeting or ephemeral
  • elusive or difficult to retain

    • deserter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
  • Under the United States Code of Military Justice, a person who has been placed on AWOL status for more than 30 days

    • Related terms

    * desert (verb ) * desertion ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

    (head)