Citizenship vs. Denizen — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Citizenship and Denizen
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Definitions
Citizenship
Citizenship is a relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection.(quoted)Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and the conditions under which that status will be withdrawn. Recognition by a state as a citizen generally carries with it recognition of civil, political, and social rights which are not afforded to non-citizens.
Denizen
A person, animal, or plant that lives or is found in a particular place
Denizens of field and forest
Citizenship
The status of a citizen with its attendant duties, rights, and privileges.
Denizen
An inhabitant; a resident
Denizens of Buenos Aires.
Turtles and other swamp denizens.
Citizenship
The status of being a citizen, in its various senses.
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Denizen
One that frequents a particular place
A bar and its denizens.
Denizens of the deep sea.
Citizenship
The state of being a citizen, in its various senses.
Denizen
Chiefly British A foreigner who is granted rights of residence and sometimes of citizenship.
Citizenship
The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
Denizen
To make a denizen of; grant rights of residence to.
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Citizenship
The status of a citizen with rights and duties
Denizen
An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.
The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.
Citizenship
Conduct as a citizen;
Award for good citizenship
Denizen
One who frequents a place.
The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.
Denizen
A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
Though born in Iceland, he became a denizen of Britain after leaving Oxford.
Denizen
(biology) An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.
The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state.
Denizen
A foreign word that has become naturalised in another language.
Denizen
To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.
Denizen
(transitive) To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
Denizen
A dweller; an inhabitant.
Denizens of their own free, independent state.
Denizen
One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.
Denizen
One admitted to residence in a foreign country.
Ye gods,Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes.
Denizen
To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.
As soon as denizened, they domineer.
Denizen
To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds.
Denizen
A person who inhabits a particular place
Denizen
A plant or animal naturalized in a region;
Denizens of field and forest
Denizens of the deep