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deportation vs expulsion

expulsion vs deportation

deportation and expulsion both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deportation Yes No No No
expulsion Yes No No No
As nouns, expulsion is a hypernym of deportation; that is, expulsion is a word with a broader meaning than deportation:
  • deportation: the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
  • expulsion: the act of forcing out someone or something
Other hypernyms of deportation include ejection, exclusion, riddance.
deportation (noun) expulsion (noun)
the act of expelling a person from their native land the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien the act of forcing out someone or something
squeezing out by applying pressure
Difference between deportation and expulsion

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