Refuge vs. Refugee

Refugenoun

A state of safety, protection or shelter.

Refugenoun

A place providing safety, protection or shelter.

Refugenoun

Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.

Refugenoun

An expedient to secure protection or defence.

Refugenoun

A refuge island.

Refugeverb

(intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.

Refugeverb

To shelter; to protect.

Refugenoun

Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

Refugenoun

That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.

Refugenoun

An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.

Refugeverb

To shelter; to protect.

Refugenoun

a safe place;

Refugenoun

something or someone turned to for assistance or security;

Refugenoun

a shelter from danger or hardship

Refugenoun

act of turning to for assistance;

Refugeenoun

A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, i.e., a person seeking a political asylum.

Refugeenoun

A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster.

Refugeenoun

A person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country.

Refugeeverb

To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces.

Refugeenoun

One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.

Refugeenoun

Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes.

Refugeenoun

an exile who flees for safety

Refugee

A refugee, generally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national boundaries and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by the contracting state or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) if they formally make a claim for asylum.