ethnic vs immigrant

ethnic

noun
  • An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community. 

  • The demonym of an Ancient Greek city. 

adj
  • Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins. 

  • Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression. 

  • Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture. 

  • Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim. 

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