What is the difference between 고향 and 출신? I've always known that the word for 'hometown' would be '고향', but today I was studying from a Korean textbook of mine and it had the word '출신' down for hometown (the sentence in my book is 저는 서울 출신이에요). I am a bit confused about the difference between these two words... do you use one of the words to express something and the other something else? or do you use them in different situations? please explain if you can... thank you!