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Refugee vs Loafer - What's the difference?

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Refugee is a related term of loafer.


As nouns the difference between refugee and loafer

is that 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 while loafer is an idle person.

As a verb refugee

is (transitive|us|historical) to convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.

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.

    • loafer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An idle person.
  • A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.

    • Synonyms

    * (idle person ): bum, bumpkin, footler, idler, lout, yob, yobbo * (footwear ): penny loafer * See also

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