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Refugee vs Displaced - What's the difference?

refugee | displaced |

As verbs the difference between refugee and displaced

is that refugee is (transitive|us|historical) to convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces while displaced is (displace).

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.

refugee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * reffo * refugeehood

    See also

    * asylum * economic asylum * political asylum * refuge * refoulement * citizenshipless * countryless * nationless

    Verb

  • (transitive, US, historical) To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.

    • displaced

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (displace)

    • Derived terms

    * displaced person

    displace

    English

    Verb

    (displac)
  • To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
  • To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
  • (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)