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immigration vs aliyah

aliyah vs immigration

immigration and aliyah both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
immigration Yes No No No
aliyah Yes No No No
As nouns, aliyah is a hyponym of immigration; that is, aliyah is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than immigration:
  • immigration: migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
  • aliyah: (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel
immigration (noun) aliyah (noun)
migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel
the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval (Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah
Difference between immigration and aliyah

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