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deportation vs banishment

banishment vs deportation

deportation and banishment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deportation Yes No No No
banishment Yes No No No
As nouns, banishment is a hypernym of deportation; that is, banishment is a word with a broader meaning than deportation:
  • deportation: the act of expelling a person from their native land
  • banishment: rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
Other hypernyms of deportation include proscription.
deportation (noun) banishment (noun)
the act of expelling a person from their native land rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
Difference between deportation and banishment

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