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Refugee vs Vagabond - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between refugee and vagabond

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, i.e., a person seeking a political asylum while vagabond is a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.

As verbs the difference between refugee and vagabond

is that refugee is to convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces while vagabond is to roam, as a vagabond.

As an adjective vagabond is

floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.

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.

    • vagabond

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
  • One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a hobo.
  • * Bible, Genesis iv. 12
    • A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Hypernyms

    * person

    Related terms

    * extravagant

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To roam, as a vagabond

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
  • * Milton
    • To heaven their prayers / Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds / Blown vagabond or frustrate.
  • * 1959 , Jack London, The Star Rover
    • Truly, the worships of the Mystery wandered as did men, and between filchings and borrowings the gods had as vagabond a time of it as did we.
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