Economic vs Ecomigration - What's the difference?
economic | ecomigration |
Pertaining to an economy.
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, title= Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value) ; economical.
Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.
' Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money. The migration of populations for economic or ecological reasons, often as a result of the deterioration of land quality or a shortage of water.
As an adjective economic
is economic.As a noun ecomigration is
the migration of populations for economic or ecological reasons, often as a result of the deterioration of land quality or a shortage of water.economic
English
Alternative forms
* economick (archaic) * (archaic) * (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Boundary problems, passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
Usage notes
Modern usage prefers economic' when describing the economy of a region or country (and when referring to personal or family budgeting).' Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.