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migrant vs immigrant

immigrant vs migrant

migrant and immigrant both are nouns.

migrant is an adjective but immigrant is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
migrant Yes Yes No No
immigrant Yes No No No
As nouns, immigrant is a hyponym of migrant; that is, immigrant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than migrant:
  • migrant: traveler who moves from one region or country to another
  • immigrant: a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
Other hyponyms of migrant include departer, goer, leaver, emigrant, emigre, emigree, outgoer, evacuee, rusher, colonist, settler.
migrant (noun) immigrant (noun)
traveler who moves from one region or country to another a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
migrant (adjective) immigrant (adjective)
habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work
Difference between migrant and immigrant

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