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deprive vs expropriate

expropriate vs deprive

deprive and expropriate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deprive No No Yes No
expropriate No No Yes No
As verbs, expropriate is a hyponym of deprive; that is, expropriate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deprive:
  • deprive: take away possessions from someone
  • expropriate: deprive of possessions
Other hyponyms of deprive include disarm, unarm, clean, dispossess, clean out, unclothe, unsex, orphan, bereave.
deprive (verb) expropriate (verb)
take away deprive of possessions
keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
take away possessions from someone
Difference between deprive and expropriate

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