Runaway vs Refugee - What's the difference?
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A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations.
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A train that is out of control.
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(usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
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The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
An overwhelming victory.
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 nouns the difference between runaway and refugee
is that runaway is a person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations while 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.As a verb refugee is
to convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.runaway
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(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 .