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Exotic vs. Alien — What's the Difference?

Exotic vs. Alien — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Exotic and Alien

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Exotic

From another part of the world; foreign
Exotic tropical plants in a greenhouse.

Alien

Owing political allegiance to another country or government; foreign
Alien residents.

Exotic

Intriguingly unusual or different; excitingly strange
“If something can be explained simply, in a familiar way, then it is best to avoid more exotic explanations” (Chet Raymo).

Alien

Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange.

Exotic

Of or involving striptease
An exotic dancer.
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Alien

Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature
Emotions alien to her temperament.

Exotic

A plant or animal that is exotic.

Alien

An unnaturalized foreign resident of a country. Also called noncitizen.

Exotic

A striptease performer.

Alien

A person from another and very different family, people, or place.

Exotic

Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
An exotic appearance

Alien

A person who is not included in a group; an outsider.

Exotic

Non-native to the ecosystem.

Alien

A creature from outer space
Science fiction about an invasion of aliens.

Exotic

(finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.

Alien

(Ecology) An organism, especially a plant or animal, that occurs in or is naturalized in a region to which it is not native.

Exotic

(gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.

Alien

To transfer (property) to another; alienate.

Exotic

(biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.

Alien

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

Exotic

An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.

Alien

A person in a country not their own.

Exotic

(physics) Any exotic particle.
Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.

Alien

Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

Exotic

Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.
Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.

Alien

One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.

Exotic

Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom.
Plants that are unknown to Italy, and such as the gardeners call exotics.

Alien

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
Alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores

Exotic

Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world;
Alien customs
Exotic plants in a greenhouse
Exotic cuisine

Alien

Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
Principles alien to our religion

Exotic

Strikingly strange or unusual;
An exotic hair style
Protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants
The exotic landscape of a dead planet

Alien

Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.

Alien

(transitive) To estrange; to alienate.

Alien

(law) To transfer the ownership of something.

Alien

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.

Alien

Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; - followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
An alien sound of melancholy.

Alien

A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.

Alien

One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.

Alien

To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.
The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage.

Alien

A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

Alien

Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

Alien

A form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere

Alien

Transfer property or ownership;
The will aliened the property to the heirs

Alien

Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

Alien

Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something;
An economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism
The mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper
Jealousy is foreign to her nature

Alien

Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world;
Alien customs
Exotic plants in a greenhouse
Exotic cuisine

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