The difference between Denizen and Native
When used as nouns, denizen means an inhabitant of a place, whereas native means a person who is native to a place.
Denizen is also verb with the meaning: to grant rights of citizenship to.
Native is also adjective with the meaning: belonging to one by birth.
check bellow for the other definitions of Denizen and Native
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Denizen as a noun:
An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.
Examples:
"The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep."
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Denizen as a noun:
One who frequents a place.
Examples:
"The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort."
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Denizen as a noun (British, historical):
A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
Examples:
"Though born in Iceland, he became a denizen of Britain after leaving Oxford."
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Denizen as a noun (biology):
An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.
Examples:
"The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state."
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Denizen as a verb (transitive, British, historical):
To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
Examples:
"He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country."
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Denizen as a verb (transitive):
To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
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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…"
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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."
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Native as an adjective:
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Native as an adjective (mineralogy):
Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.
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Native as an adjective:
Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
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Native as an adjective:
Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
Examples:
"native dust"
"rfquotek Milton"
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Native as an adjective:
Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
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Native as a noun:
A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
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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."
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Native as a noun:
A native speaker.
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Native as a noun:
Ostrea edulis, a kind of oyster.