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emigration vs migration

migration vs emigration

emigration and migration both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
emigration Yes No No No
migration Yes No No No
As nouns, migration is a hypernym of emigration; that is, migration is a word with a broader meaning than emigration:
  • emigration: migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)
  • migration: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
emigration (noun) migration (noun)
migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding
(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule
a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)
Difference between emigration and migration

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