Distinction / Difference between Nationality and Citizenship

         The word Nationality and Citizenship are often considered to be synonymous of each other. However there is a difference between the Nationality and Citizenship.   

No	Nationality	Citizenship
1.	Nationality Creates a legal relationship between a State and the Individual under International law.	Citizenship denotes the relation between the Individual and the municipal law.
2.	A person who possesses nationality in a particular state may not possess all political rights.	A Citizen possesses full civil and political rights.
3.	All the citizens may possess the nationality of a particular state.	Who possess / enjoy full political and civil Rights are called citizens.

       


             All the citizens may possess the nationality of a particular state, but it is not necessary that all nationals may be citizens of that particular state.