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expulsion vs deportation

deportation vs expulsion

expulsion and deportation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
expulsion Yes No No No
deportation Yes No No No
As nouns, deportation is a hyponym of expulsion; that is, deportation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than expulsion:
  • expulsion: the act of forcing out someone or something
  • deportation: the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
Other hyponyms of expulsion include defenestration, ostracism, barring, blackball, ouster, ousting.
expulsion (noun) deportation (noun)
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting the act of expelling a person from their native land
the act of forcing out someone or something the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
squeezing out by applying pressure
Difference between expulsion and deportation

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