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What is the difference between unknown and xenophobe?

unknown | xenophobe |

As nouns the difference between unknown and xenophobe

is that unknown is a variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found while xenophobe is one who fears that which is unknown; one who fears people who are different from oneself, especially in the case of foreign people.

As an adjective unknown

is not known; unidentified; not well known.

unknown

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not known; unidentified; not well known.
  • *
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    Synonyms

    * anonymous * unfamiliar * uncharted * undiscovered * unexplored * unidentified * unnamed * unrecognized * unrevealed * unascertained * obscure * unsung

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (algebra) A variable (usually x'', ''y'' or ''z ) whose value is to be found.
  • Any fact or place about which nothing is known (as in the phrase "into the unknown").
  • A person of no identity; a nonentity
  • * 1965 , (Bob Dylan), (Like a Rolling Stone)
  • How does it feel
    To be on your own
    With no direction home
    Like a complete unknown
    Like a rolling stone?

    xenophobe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who fears that which is unknown; one who fears people who are different from oneself, especially in the case of foreign people.
  • Synonyms

    * xenophobian (rare), xenophobiac (rare)

    Antonyms

    *xenophile

    See also

    *bigot *racist