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migration vs in-migration

in-migration vs migration

migration and in-migration both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
migration Yes No No No
in-migration Yes No No No
As nouns, in-migration is a hyponym of migration; that is, in-migration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than migration:
  • migration: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
  • in-migration: migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
Other hyponyms of migration include emigration, expatriation, out-migration, immigration, gold rush.
migration (noun) in-migration (noun)
the movement of persons from one country or locality to another migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
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 in-migration

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