immigrant vs migrant

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. 

migrant

noun
  • A person who leaves one place in order to permanently settle in another. 

  • A migratory animal, in particular a migratory bird. 

  • Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another. 

  • Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called an emigrant. 

adj
  • Migratory. 

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