Refuse vs Refugee - What's the difference?
refuse | refugee |
(UK) Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
To decline (a request or demand).
* Bible, Isa. i. 20
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To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
(military) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.
(obsolete) To disown.
* Shakespeare
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 refuse and refugee
is that refuse is 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.refuse
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(-)Synonyms
* discards * garbage (US ) * rubbish (UK ) * trash (US ) * See alsoEtymology 2
From (etyl) refuser, from .Verb
(refus)- My request for a pay rise was refused .
- I refuse to listen to this nonsense any more.
- If ye refuse ye shall be devoured with the sword.
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- I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused .
- to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks
- Refuse thy name.