expatriate vs refugee

expatriate

noun
  • One who has been banished from one's own country. 

  • One who lives outside one's own country. 

verb
  • To withdraw from one’s native country. 

  • To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of. 

  • To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country. 

adj
  • Living outside of one's own country. 

refugee

noun
  • A person who flees one place or institution for another. 

  • A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster, war, etc. 

  • A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum. 

  • A person formally granted political or economic asylum by a country other than their home country. 

verb
  • To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces. 

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