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Unfamiliar vs Foreigner - What's the difference?

unfamiliar | foreigner |

As nouns the difference between unfamiliar and foreigner

is that unfamiliar is an unfamiliar person; a stranger while foreigner is a person from a foreign country.

As an adjective unfamiliar

is strange, not familiar.

unfamiliar

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Strange, not familiar.
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    • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=United were second-best for long periods as they struggled to adapt to an unfamiliar line-up and were ultimately fortunate to leave Merseyside with their unbeaten league run still intact.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unfamiliar person; a stranger.

    • foreigner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from a foreign country.
  • A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.

    • Synonyms

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    Related terms

    * foreign * furriner