What's the difference between "citizenship" and "nationality"?
Webster says on "nationality":
the fact or status of being a member or citizen of a particular nation
and on "citizenship":
the fact or status of being a citizen of a particular place
It looks like nationality is more related to your ethnicity, while citizenship is more related to a place of living. Which means that citizenship should be more "flexible" than nationality (as it's much easier to change your place of living rather than your ethnicity).
That's how I thought until I came across a Wiki article today on Steven Seagal stating that he has three nationalities:
So, now it looks to be like I was wrong. But then I really don't see the difference now. Are they synonyms?
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