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Homeland vs Homesick - What's the difference?

homeland | homesick |

As a noun homeland

is one's country of residence.

As an adjective homesick is

one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.

homeland

English

Noun

(wikipedia homeland)
  • One's country of residence.
  • One's country of birth.
  • The traditional territory of an ethnic group.
  • (South Africa, historical) An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.

    • homesick

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.

    • Derived terms

    * homesickness