Outcast vs. Pariah — What's the Difference?

One that has been excluded from a society or system.

A social outcast

To cast out; to banish.

A Dalit.

That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.

Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.

One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper.

(figurative) A similarly despised group of people or species of animal.

(more generally) outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit.

(zoology) pariah dog: an Indian breed, any stray dog in Indian contexts.

(Scotland) A quarrel.

One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindus as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste.

The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting.

An outcast; one despised by society.

Cast out; degraded.

A person who is rejected (from society or home)

One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.

A quarrel; a contention.

A person who is rejected (from society or home)

Excluded from a society