Renegade vs. Traitor — What's the Difference?

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

One who betrays one's country, a cause, or a trust, especially one who commits treason.

An outlaw; a rebel.

Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to their defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished.

Of, relating to, or resembling a renegade; traitorous.

Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering their country.

To become a deserter or an outlaw.

(by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.

An outlaw or rebel.

To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.

A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

Traitorous.

(dated) To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.

One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason.

One faithless to principle or party.

Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer.

One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter.

Traitorous.

Someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw

To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.

A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

Someone who betrays his country by committing treason

Break with established customs

A person who says one thing and does another

Having deserted a cause or principle;