Stranger vs. Foreigner — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Stranger and Foreigner
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Stranger
A stranger is a person who is unknown to another person or group. Because of this unknown status, a stranger may be perceived as a threat until their identity and character can be ascertained.
Foreigner
One who is from a foreign country or place.
Stranger
One who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
Foreigner
One who is from outside a particular group or community; an outsider.
Stranger
A foreigner, newcomer, or outsider.
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Foreigner
A person from a foreign country.
Stranger
One who is unaccustomed to or unacquainted with something specified; a novice
A stranger to our language.
No stranger to hardship.
Foreigner
A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
Stranger
(Law) One that is neither privy nor party to a title, act, or contract.
Foreigner
A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger.
Joy is such a foreigner,So mere a stranger to my thoughts.
Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greater luster, either to foreigners or subjects.
Stranger
(Archaic) A visitor or guest.
Foreigner
A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
Stranger
A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
That gentleman is a stranger to me.
Children are taught not to talk to strangers.
Foreigner
Someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
Stranger
An outsider or foreigner.
Stranger
One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
Stranger
A newcomer.
Stranger
(humorous) One who has not been seen for a long time.
Hello, stranger!
Stranger
(obsolete) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
Stranger
(legal) One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.
Actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title.
Stranger
(obsolete) A superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etc.
Stranger
To estrange; to alienate.
Stranger
One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.
Stranger
One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
I am a most poor woman and a stranger,Born out of your dominions.
Stranger
One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
To honor and receiveOur heavenly stranger.
Stranger
One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
Stranger
One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy.
Stranger
One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear,And strangers to the sun yet ripen here.
My child is yet a stranger in the world.
I was no stranger to the original.
Stranger
To estrange; to alienate.
Stranger
Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
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