The difference between Domestic and Foreign

When used as nouns, domestic means a house servant, whereas foreign means a foreigner: a person from another country.

When used as adjectives, domestic means of or relating to the home, whereas foreign means located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

check bellow for the other definitions of Domestic and Foreign

  1. Domestic as an adjective:

    Of or relating to the home.

  2. Domestic as an adjective:

    Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.

    Examples:

    "[[domestic violence domestic violence]]; [[domestic hot water domestic hot water]]"

  3. Domestic as an adjective (of an animal):

    Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.

  4. Domestic as an adjective:

    Internal to a specific country.

  5. Domestic as an adjective:

    Tending to stay at home; not outgoing.

  1. Domestic as a noun:

    A house servant; a maid; a household worker.

  2. Domestic as a noun:

    A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent

  1. Foreign as an adjective:

    Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

    Examples:

    "foreign markets''; ''foreign soil"

    "He liked visiting foreign cities."

  2. Foreign as an adjective:

    Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.

    Examples:

    "foreign car''; ''foreign word''; ''foreign citizen''; ''foreign trade"

    "There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started."

  3. Foreign as an adjective:

    Relating to a different nation.

    Examples:

    "foreign policy''; ''foreign navies"

  4. Foreign as an adjective:

    Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.

    Examples:

    "foreign body''; ''foreign substance''; ''foreign gene''; ''foreign species"

  5. Foreign as an adjective (with ''to'', formerly with ''from''):

    Alien; strange.

    Examples:

    "It was completely foreign to their way of thinking."

  6. Foreign as an adjective (obsolete):

    Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.

  7. Foreign as an adjective (US, state, _, legal):

    From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.

  8. Foreign as an adjective:

    Belonging to a different organization, company etc.

    Examples:

    "My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use a foreign ATM."

  9. Foreign as an adjective:

    Outside, outdoors, outdoor.

  1. Foreign as a noun:

    A foreign person, particularly: A foreigner: a person from another country. An outsider: a person from another place or group. A non-guildmember.

  2. Foreign as a noun (obsolete):

    A foreign ship.

  3. Foreign as a noun:

    an outhouse.

  4. Foreign as a noun:

    A foreign area, particularly: An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits. An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court.

  5. Foreign as a noun:

    Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.

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