Difference between Fugitive and Runaway

FUGITIVE vs RUNAWAY: NOUN

One who flees; a runaway; a deserter; specifically, one who has fled from duty, danger, or restraint to a place of safety or of concealment: as, a fugitive from the battlefield; a fugitive from justice.
One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter.
Something fleeting or ephemeral.
A person who flees, especially from a legal process, persecution, or danger.
Someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
Anything hard to be caught or detained.
A person who is fleeing or escaping from something
One who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.
Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
Something hard to be caught or detained.

An overwhelming victory.
An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
A train that is out of control.
A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations.
The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams.
One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.
One who runs in the public ways; one who roves or rambles about.
A running away, as by a horse when breaking away from control and bolting.
One who flees or departs; a fugitive; a deserter.
Something that has escaped control or proper confinement.
A person or animal that has run away.
Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
An easy victory

Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice.
Fleeing or running away
Transient, fleeting or ephemeral
Elusive or difficult to retain
Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things
Wandering or tending to wander; vagabond.
Of temporary interest.
Given to change or disappearance; perishable.
Difficult to comprehend or retain; elusive.
Lasting only a short time; fleeting.
Of or relating to fugitives.
Running away or fleeing, as from the law.
Lasting for a markedly brief time
Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.

In zoology and botany, same as fugacious.
Someone trying to elude justice
In lit. of fleeting interest or importance; temporary; occasional: said of compositions, generally short, written for some passing occasion or purpose.
Staying or lasting but a short time; fleeting; not fixed or durable; readily escaping; fugacious: as, a fugitive idea; fugitive odors; fugitive colors.
Wandering; vagabond.
Fleeing or having fled from danger or pursuit, from duty or service, etc.; escaping; runaway: as, a fugitive criminal or horse.

Accomplished or effected by running away or eloping.
Acting the part of a runaway; escaping or breaking from control; defying or overcoming restraint: as, a runaway horse.

Accused, Escape, Escaped, Elusive, Getaway, Absconding, Fled, Deserter, Escapee, Momentary, Momentaneous, Short, Fleeting, Runaway, Fugitive from justice

Escaped, Rapid, Raging, Unchecked, Elusive, Uncontrollable, Unbridled, Unrestrained, Rampant, Shoo in, Walkaway, Fugitive, Laugher, Uncontrolled, Romp

Flight, Rat, Ousted, Accused, Escape, Escaped, Elusive, Absconding, Fled, Deserter, Momentary, Momentaneous, Short, Fleeting, Runaway

Escape, Escaped, Rapid, Raging, Unchecked, Elusive, Uncontrollable, Unbridled, Unrestrained, Rampant, Walkaway, Fugitive, Laugher, Uncontrolled, Romp

Nonreactive fugitive emissions from piping componentsmustbe calculated in the same way as VOC fugitive emissions.
Fugitive Felon Provisions State Food Stamp and TANF administrators have identified many fugitive felons on their program rolls, as well.
By redesigning applications, the FBI has established a mechanism to obtain Interpol international fugitive notices for significant fugitive cases.
Fugitive Task Force are asking for help from the public in locating a Wanted Fugitive.
Turn Self In Program; Sioux Falls Area Fugitive Task Force; Fugitive Extradition Process; Investigations.
Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force seeks fugitive accused of drug dealing.
Service Florida Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force in a fugitive investigation.
Fugitive affect, archive, family, fugitive testimony, identity, imagination, material photograph, memory.
Marshals Service, Fugitive Investigations, Major Fugitive Cases, Index.
Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force adopted the fugitive investigation.

Elite was a runaway hit from the start.
There is less information on the way the runaway reactions occur whereas the runaway reactions may have different causes.
What should I do if I am picked up by a police officer as either a reported runaway or suspected runaway?
Electrolock supplies various thermal runaway insulation materials that limit the spread of flame and heat during a thermal runaway event.
Runaway train never coming back Runaway train tearing up.
The Indians were paid handsomely for returning runaway slaves thereby providing a serious obstacle to potential runaway slaves.
Thermal runaway: There are several known causes for anenergy storage system to reach thermal runaway.
The Federal Runaway Youth Act provides for the establishment of grant funded runaway shelters.
Runaway Bay Marina Operated by the city of Runaway Bay, the Runaway Bay marina includes a public fee boat ramp, parking, restrooms and gas.
The accidents considered are core meltdown; atpower runaway; startup runaway; meltdowninduced runaway; compactioninduced runaway; and immersioninduced runaway.