Passenger vs Foreign - What's the difference?
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One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
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(label) A passer-by; a wayfarer.
*1599 , (William Shakespeare), , V. iv. 15:
*:These are my mates, that make their wills their law, / Have some unhappy passenger in chase.
Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
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, title= Relating to a different nation.
Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
Alien; strange.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Jonathan Swift)
(label) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Shakespeare)
From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
(informal) foreigner
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In obsolete terms the difference between passenger and foreign
is that passenger is a passer-by; a wayfarer while foreign is held at a distance; excluded; exiled.As nouns the difference between passenger and foreign
is that passenger is one who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew while foreign is foreigner.As a verb passenger
is to ride as a passenger in a vehicle.As an adjective foreign is
located outside a country or place, especially one's own.passenger
English
Noun
(en noun)Ideas coming down the track, passage=A “moving platform” scheme
See also
* driver * riderforeign
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- foreign''' markets''; '''''foreign soil
- foreign''' car''; '''''foreign''' word''; '''''foreign''' citizen''; '''''foreign trade
citation, passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.}}
Guardian warriors and golden eggs, passage=Foreign' companies love to complain about doing business in China.
- foreign''' policy''; '''''foreign navies
- foreign''' body''; '''''foreign''' substance''; '''''foreign''' gene''; '''''foreign species
- It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.
- This design is not foreign from some people's thoughts.
- Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, / That he ran mad and died.
Synonyms
* (from a different country) overseas, international * (strange) alien, fremd * (in a place where it does not belong) extraneousAntonyms
* (from a different country) domestic * (not characteristic) native * (native to an area) indigenousDerived terms
{{der3, foreign body , foreign correspondent , foreign country , , foreign debt , foreign exchange , foreignize , foreignization , foreign key , foreignness , foreigner , foreign tongue , foreign policy , Foreign Office}}Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=The messaging instructions come in two sets: one for domestics, another for the foreigns . }}