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Outcast vs Despised - What's the difference?

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Outcast is a synonym of despised.


As verbs the difference between outcast and despised

is that outcast is to cast out; to banish while despised is (despise).

As adjectives the difference between outcast and despised

is that outcast is that has been cast out; banished, ostracized while despised is hated; viewed with scorn.

As a noun outcast

is one that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah.

outcast

English

Verb

  • To cast out; to banish.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
    • All as a blazing starre doth farre outcast / His hearie beames, and flaming lockes dispredd [...].

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.
  • * Longfellow
    • Outcast , rejected.

    Noun

    (wikipedia outcast) (en noun)
  • One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah.

    • Synonyms

    * (pariah) outsider, vagrant, exile, beggar * See also

    Derived terms

    * social outcast

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    despised

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (despise)
    • The little boy loved peas but despised spinach.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Hated; viewed with scorn.
    • The dictator's cruelty made him the most despised person in the region.

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