Defector vs. Rebel — What's the Difference?

An imperfection or lack that causes inadequacy or failure; a shortcoming or deficiency.

A person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or leader

To disown allegiance to one's country and take up residence in another

Rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or leader

To abandon a position or association, often to join an opposing group

To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.

One who defects.

To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.

A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)

To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance

One who rebels or is in rebellion.

Rebel A Confederate soldier.

A person who resists or defies authority or convention

A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.

(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.

Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.

One who rebels.

To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.

To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.

`johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms

A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

Break with established customs

Used by northerners of Confederate soldiers;

Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government;