colonial vs immigrant

colonial

noun
  • A person from a country that is or was controlled by another. 

  • A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England. 

adj
  • Tending to form colonies (especially of cells). Synonym for colony-forming. 

  • Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA. 

  • Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony. 

  • Of or pertaining to a colony. 

  • Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution. 

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 colonial and immigrant occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )