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Reservation vs Homeland - What's the difference?

reservation | homeland |

As nouns the difference between reservation and homeland

is that reservation is reservation while homeland is one's country of residence.

reservation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
  • Something that is withheld or kept back.
  • A limiting qualification (often used in the plural).
  • I have reservations about your intentions.
  • (US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian (reserve)).
  • An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
  • (UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway.
  • (India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).
  • Synonyms

    * booking (5) * median (6) * median strip (6)

    Abbreviations

    * res, rez (Indian reservation)

    homeland

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia homeland)
  • One's country of residence.
  • One's country of birth.
  • The traditional territory of an ethnic group.
  • (South Africa, historical) An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.