The difference between Citizen and Native

When used as nouns, citizen means a freeman or burgher: a legally-recognized member of an incorporated city, whereas native means a person who is native to a place.

Native is also adjective with the meaning: belonging to one by birth.

check bellow for the other definitions of Citizen and Native

  1. Citizen as a noun (obsolete):

    A resident of a city or town, particularly: A freeman or burgher: a legally-recognized member of an incorporated city. A member of the early modern urban middle class, distinguished from nobles and landed gentry on one side and from peasants, craftsmen, and laborers on the other. A resident or future resident of the heavenly city or of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian.

  2. Citizen as a noun (dated):

    A legally-recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role, particularly: A member of a state that is not a monarchy. A term of address among French citizens during the French Revolution or towards its supporters elsewhere; a term of address among socialists and communists.

    Examples:

    "[[w:Civis romanus sum I am a Roman citizen]]."

    "Formerly, the citizens of republics were distinguished from the [[subject]]s living in kingdoms."

  3. Citizen as a noun:

    An inhabitant: a member of any place.

    Examples:

    "[[w:Diogenes of Sinope Diogenes]] reckoned himself a [[w:world citizcitizen of the world]]."

  4. Citizen as a noun:

    A private citizen: a civilian, as opposed to a police officer, professional soldier, or other (usually state) group.

  5. Citizen as a noun (computing):

    An object.

  1. Native as an adjective:

    Belonging to one by birth.

    Examples:

    "This is my native land."

    "English is not my native language."

    "I need a volunteer native New Yorker for my next joke…"

  2. Native as an adjective:

    Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.

    Examples:

    "What are now called ‘Native Americans’ used to be called Indians."

    "The native peoples of Australia are called aborigines."

  3. Native as an adjective:

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  4. Native as an adjective:

    Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.

    Examples:

    "a native inhabitant"

    "native oysters or strawberries"

    "Many native artists studied abroad."

  5. Native as an adjective (biology, of a species):

    Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man.

    Examples:

    "The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple."

  6. Native as an adjective (computing, of software):

    Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.

    Examples:

    "This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds."

    "The native integer size is sixteen bits."

  7. Native as an adjective (mineralogy):

    Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.

  8. Native as an adjective:

    Arising by birth; having an origin; born.

  9. Native as an adjective:

    Original; constituting the original substance of anything.

    Examples:

    "native dust"

    "rfquotek Milton"

  10. Native as an adjective:

    Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).

  1. Native as a noun:

    A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.

  2. Native as a noun (in particular):

    A person of aboriginal stock, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. .

    Examples:

    "Some natives must have stolen our cattle."

  3. Native as a noun:

    A native speaker.

  4. Native as a noun:

    Ostrea edulis, a kind of oyster.

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