Citizen vs. National — What's the Difference?

A legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a nation

A person owing loyalty to and entitled by birth or naturalization to the protection of a state or nation.

Of or relating to nationality

A resident of a city or town, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there.

Of or maintained by the government of a nation

A civilian.

Devoted to one's own nation or its interests; patriotic.

A native, inhabitant, or denizen of a particular place

A citizen of a particular nation

A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally-recognized rights or duties.

Often nationals A contest or tournament involving participants from all parts of a nation.

A legally-recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role.

Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.

An inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place.

Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others.

(Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or later of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian.

Nationalistic; patriotic.

A civilian, as opposed to a police officer, soldier, or member of some other specialized (usually state) group.

A subject of a nation.

(obsolete) An ordinary person, as opposed to nobles and landed gentry on one side and peasants, craftsmen, and laborers on the other.

A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.

A term of address among French citizens during the French Revolution or towards its supporters elsewhere; dated a term of address among socialists and communists.

A national newspaper.

(computing) An object.

Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.

One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises.

Attached to one's own country or nation.

An inhabitant of a city; a townsman.

A citizen (of a particular country); as, U. S. nationals are advised to contact their embassy when abroad.

A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.

A country-wide sports competition; for a series of competitions, the plural form is usually used; as, to advance to the nationals.

One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from such country.

A person who owes allegiance to that nation;

Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery.

Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country;

Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.

Limited to or in the interests of a particular nation;

A native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

Concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country;

Owned or maintained for the public by the national government;

Inside the country;

Characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation;

Of or relating to nationality;