alien vs import

import vs alien

alien and import both are nouns.

alien is an adjective but import is not an adjective.

alien and import both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alien	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
import	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, import is a hyponym of alien; that is, import is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alien:

alien: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
import: an imported person brought from a foreign country

Other hyponyms of alien include au pair, deportee, exile, gringo, importee, metic.

alien (noun)	import (noun)
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country	commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found	having important effects or influence
a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere	a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
	the message that is intended or expressed or signified
	an imported person brought from a foreign country

alien (adjective)	import (adjective)
not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

alien (verb)	import (verb)
transfer property or ownership	indicate or signify
	bring in from abroad
	transfer (electronic data) into a database or document

Difference between alien and import

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