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Fugitive vs Escapee - What's the difference?

fugitive | escapee | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between fugitive and escapee

is that fugitive is a person who is fleeing or escaping from something, especially prosecution while escapee is someone who has become free through escaping imprisonment.

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.
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  • *:“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

    • escapee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who has become free through escaping imprisonment.
  • Someone who has escaped.

    • Related terms

    * escape