In lang=en terms the difference between immigrate and expatriate
is that immigrate is to move into a country from another one to stay permanently while expatriate is to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
As verbs the difference between immigrate and expatriate
is that immigrate is to move into a country from another one to stay permanently while expatriate is to banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
As an adjective expatriate is
of, or relating to, people who are expatriates.
As a noun expatriate is
one who lives outside one’s own country.
immigrate
English
Verb
(immigrat)
To move into a country from another one to stay permanently.
Antonyms
* emigrate
Derived terms
* immigrant
* immigration
Related terms
* migrate
expatriate
Adjective
(-)
Of, or relating to, people who are expatriates.
* an expatriate mailing list
Noun
(
en noun)
One who lives outside one’s own country.
One who has been banished from one’s own country.
Synonyms
*
* outland
Derived terms
* expat
* rex-pat, rex-patriate
Related terms
* inpatriate
* repatriate
See also
* immigrant
* emigrant
Verb
(expatriat)
To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
To withdraw from one’s native country.
To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
Related terms
* repatriate
* patriate
