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Passenger vs Foreign - What's the difference?

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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)
  • One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
  • *
  • *: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.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
  • , page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) , title= Ideas coming down the track , passage=A “moving platform” scheme
  • (label) A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
  • (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.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.
  • See also

    * driver * rider

    foreign

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
  • foreign''' markets''; '''''foreign soil
  • Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
  • foreign''' car''; '''''foreign''' word''; '''''foreign''' citizen''; '''''foreign trade
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=2 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.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-24, volume=408, issue=8850, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Guardian warriors and golden eggs , passage=Foreign' companies love to complain about doing business in China.
  • Relating to a different nation.
  • foreign''' policy''; '''''foreign navies
  • Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
  • foreign''' body''; '''''foreign''' substance''; '''''foreign''' gene''; '''''foreign species
  • Alien; strange.
  • It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Jonathan Swift)
  • This design is not foreign from some people's thoughts.
  • (label) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Shakespeare)
  • Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, / That he ran mad and died.
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * (from a different country) overseas, international * (strange) alien, fremd * (in a place where it does not belong) extraneous

    Antonyms

    * (from a different country) domestic * (not characteristic) native * (native to an area) indigenous

    Derived 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)
  • (informal) foreigner
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=August 30 , author= , title=White House Extremely Worried About People Saying Dumb Stuff on 9/11 , work=Gawker citation , page= , passage=The messaging instructions come in two sets: one for domestics, another for the foreigns . }}