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Haven vs. Refuge — What's the Difference?

Haven vs. Refuge — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Haven and Refuge

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Haven

A harbor or anchorage; a port.

Refuge

Protection or shelter, as from danger or hardship
Sought refuge from the storm in a cabin.

Haven

A place of refuge or rest; a sanctuary.

Refuge

A place providing protection or shelter
A colony that was a refuge for religious nonconformists.

Haven

To put into or provide with a haven.
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Refuge

An undeveloped area for the preservation of animals and plants.

Haven

A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.

Refuge

A source of help, relief, or comfort in times of trouble
"Reva's love was her refuge from shame and degradation" (Richard Wright).

Haven

(by extension) A place of safety.

Refuge

A state of safety, protection or shelter.

Haven

(by extension) A peaceful place.

Refuge

A place providing safety, protection or shelter.

Haven

To put into, or provide with a haven.

Refuge

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

Haven

A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
What shipping and what lading 's in our haven.
Their haven under the hill.

Refuge

An expedient to secure protection or defence.

Haven

A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum.
The haven, or the rock of love.

Refuge

A refuge island.

Haven

To shelter, as in a haven.

Refuge

(intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.

Haven

A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

Refuge

To shelter; to protect.

Haven

A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

Refuge

Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of theseFind place or refuge.
We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.

Refuge

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.
The high hills are a refuger the wild goats.
The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed.

Refuge

An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
Their latest refugeWas to send him.
Light must be supplied, among gracefulrefuges, by terracing story in danger of darkness.

Refuge

To shelter; to protect.

Refuge

A safe place;
He ran to safety

Refuge

Something or someone turned to for assistance or security;
His only recourse was the police
Took refuge in lying

Refuge

A shelter from danger or hardship

Refuge

Act of turning to for assistance;
Have recourse to the courts
An appeal to his uncle was his last resort

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