different between deserter vs renegade

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin desertor (“deserter”), from desero (“I forsake, I abandon”); or from desert +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??z??t?(?)/

Noun

deserter (plural deserters)

1. A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
   1. Under the United States Code of Military Justice, a person who has been placed on AWOL status for more than 30 days

Related terms

• desert (verb)

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

deserter

1. imperative of desertere

English

Etymology

From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin reneg?tus, perfect participle of reneg? (“I deny”). See also renege.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???n???e?d/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???n???e?d/

Noun

renegade (plural renegades)

1. An outlaw or rebel.
2. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

Coordinate terms

• (disloyal person): apostate, defector, heretic, turncoat

Related terms

Translations

Verb

renegade (third-person singular simple present renegades, present participle renegading, simple past and past participle renegaded)

1. (dated) To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
   • 1859, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine (volume 3, page 740)

     The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “renegade”, in Online Etymology Dictionary