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migration vs emigration

emigration vs migration

migration and emigration both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
migration Yes No No No
emigration Yes No No No
As nouns, emigration is a hyponym of migration; that is, emigration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than migration:
  • migration: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
  • emigration: migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)
Other hyponyms of migration include expatriation, out-migration, immigration, in-migration, gold rush.
migration (noun) emigration (noun)
the movement of persons from one country or locality to another migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in 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 migration and emigration

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