The difference between Exile and Expatriate
When used as nouns, exile means the state of being banished from one's home or country, whereas expatriate means one who has been banished from their own country.
When used as verbs, exile means to send into exile, whereas expatriate means to banish.
Expatriate is also adjective with the meaning: living outside of one's own country.
check bellow for the other definitions of Exile and Expatriate
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Exile as a noun (uncountable):
The state of being banished from one's home or country.
Examples:
"He lived in exile."
"They chose exile rather than assimilation."
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Exile as a noun (countable):
Someone who is banished from their home or country.
Examples:
"She lived as an exile."
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Exile as a verb (transitive):
To send into exile.
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Expatriate as an adjective:
Living outside of one's own country.
Examples:
"an expatriate rebel force"
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Expatriate as a noun:
One who lives outside their own country. One who has been banished from their own country.
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Expatriate as a verb (transitive):
To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
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Expatriate as a verb (intransitive):
To withdraw from one's native country.
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Expatriate as a verb (intransitive):
To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.