emigre vs immigrant

emigre

noun
  • An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another. 

  • One who has departed their native land, often as a refugee. 

immigrant

noun
  • A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there. 

  • A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist. 

adj
  • Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating. 

How often have the words emigre and immigrant occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )