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migration vs out-migration

out-migration vs migration

migration and out-migration both are nouns.

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

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