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transmigration vs reincarnation

reincarnation vs transmigration

transmigration and reincarnation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
transmigration Yes No No No
reincarnation Yes No No No
As nouns, reincarnation is a hypernym of transmigration; that is, reincarnation is a word with a broader meaning than transmigration:
  • transmigration: the passing of a soul into another body after death
  • reincarnation: a second or new birth
Other hypernyms of transmigration include rebirth, renascence.
transmigration (noun) reincarnation (noun)
the passing of a soul into another body after death the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions
a second or new birth
embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
Difference between transmigration and reincarnation

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