Difference between Alien and Alienate

What is the difference between Alien and Alienate?

Alien as an adjective is pertaining to an alien. while Alienate as an adjective is estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.

Alien

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to an alien. Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person, animal, plant or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration. A foreigner residing in a country. Any life form of extraterrestrial origin.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To estrange; to alienate.

Example sentence: There may be aliens in our Milky Way galaxy, and there are billions of other galaxies. The probability is almost certain that there is life somewhere in space.

Alienate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A stranger; an alien.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to wean.

We hope you now know whether to use Alien or Alienate in your sentence.

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