Refuged vs Refugee - What's the difference?
refuged | refugee |
(refuge)
A state of safety, protection or shelter.
* Milton
A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
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, passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 21, author=Helen Pidd, work=the Guardian
, title= An expedient to secure protection or defence.
* Shakespeare
To return to a place of shelter.
* 2011 , Michael D. Gumert, ?AgustÃn Fuentes, ?Lisa Jones-Engel, Monkeys on the Edge
(obsolete) To shelter; to protect.
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A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, i.e., a person seeking a political asylum.
A person seeking refuge in a foreign country due to poverty and no prospect of overcoming said poverty in his home country, i.e., a person seeking an economic asylum.
A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster.
A person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country.
(transitive, US, historical) To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.
As verbs the difference between refuged and refugee
is that refuged is (refuge) while refugee is (transitive|us|historical) to convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.As a noun refugee is
a person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, ie, a person seeking a political asylum.refuged
English
Verb
(head)refuge
English
Noun
(en noun)- Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge .
Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis, passage=Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.}}
- Their latest refuge / Was to send him.
Synonyms
* haven * sanctuary * zoarDerived terms
* refugee * refugiumVerb
(refug)- Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.