Runaway vs Exile - What's the difference?
runaway | exile | Related terms |
A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations.
* Shakespeare
*
A train that is out of control.
*
*
*
(usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
*
*
*
*
The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
An overwhelming victory.
The state of being banished from one's home or country.
* Shakespeare
Someone who is banished from one's home or country.
* Shakespeare
To send into exile.
* Tennyson
* Shakespeare
Runaway is a related term of exile.
As nouns the difference between runaway and exile
is that runaway is a person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations while exile is exile (someone in exile).As an adjective exile is
exiled, in exile.As a verb exile is
.runaway
English
Alternative forms
* run-awayNoun
(en noun)- Runaway children are vulnerable to criminal exploitation.
- Thou runaway , thou coward, art thou fled?
- There was a runaway yesterday.
- The home side won in a runaway .
Usage notes
This word is frequently used attributively, as in "runaway X" to mean "an X which has run away" or "an X which is out of control".exile
English
Noun
(wikipedia exile) (en noun)- Let them be recalled from their exile .
- Thou art an exile , and thou must not stay.
Synonyms
* (the state) banishment * (the person) expatriate, expatDerived terms
* internal exileVerb
(exil)- Exiled from eternal God.
- Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
