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Netizen vs Denizen - What's the difference?

netizen | denizen |

As nouns the difference between netizen and denizen

is that netizen is a member of the community of Internet users while denizen is an inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.

As a verb denizen is

to grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.

netizen

English

Noun

(wikipedia netizen) (en noun)
  • (computing) a member of the community of Internet users
  • * 19 Jan 2012 , Johnathan Weisman, Web Rises Up To Deflect Bills Seen as Threat , The New York Times, A1:
    • It appeared by Wednesday evening that Congress would follow Bank of America, Netflix and Verizon as the latest institution to change course in the face of a netizen revolt.

    denizen

    English

    (wikipedia denizen)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.
    • The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
    • The cries of the gorilla proclaimed that it was in mortal combat with some other denizen of the fierce wood. Suddenly these cries ceased, and the silence of death reigned throughout the jungle.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Denizens of their own free, independent state.
  • One who frequents a place.
    • The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.
  • * {{quote-news, author=(Russell Brand), title=Let’s kick cold profiteering out of football, along with racism, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=20 February 2015 citation
    • , passage=As a fan of West Ham United I’m always looking to legitimise my dislike of Chelsea FC. And on first viewing, this week’s jarring retro-Métro-racism seems like a good reason to condemn the denizens of Stamford Bridge.}}
  • (British, obsolete) A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
  • * 1765 , (William Blackstone), (Commentaries on the Laws of England), Book 1, Chapter X, p. 374
    • A denizen is a kind of middle state, between an alien and a natural-born subject, and partakes of both.''
    Though born in Iceland, he became a denizen of Britain after leaving Oxford.
  • (biology) An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.
    • The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state.

    Usage notes

    As a British legal category, used between 13th and 19th century (mentioned but not used in 20th century), made obsolete by naturalisation – see (denization).

    Synonyms

    * (inhabitant of a place) inhabitant, native, resident * (one who frequents a place) regular

    Derived terms

    * denization

    Related terms

    * citizen

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British) To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
    • He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.
  • * Dryden
    • As soon as denizened , they domineer.
  • To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
  • * J. D. Hooker
    • There were a few islets in the sand and these were at once denizened by various weeds.