What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Emigrates vs Immigrates - What's the difference?

emigrates | immigrates |

As verbs the difference between emigrates and immigrates

is that emigrates is (emigrate) while immigrates is (immigrate).

emigrates

English

Verb

(head)
  • (emigrate)

    • emigrate

    English

    Verb

    (emigrat)
  • To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
  • * Macaulay
    • Forced to emigrate in a body to America.
  • * J. H. Newman
    • They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.

    Antonyms

    * immigrate

    Related terms

    * emigrant * emigration * * immigrant * immigrate * immigration * migrate * migration * migratory

    External links

    * * * ----

    immigrates

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (immigrate)

    • immigrate

    English

    Verb

    (immigrat)
  • To move into a country from another one to stay permanently.

    • Antonyms

    * emigrate

    Derived terms

    * immigrant * immigration

    Related terms

    * migrate