Indigenous vs Immigrant - What's the difference?
indigenous | immigrant |
(chiefly, of living things) Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
* 1862 , , "Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree":
Innate, inborn.
* 1852 , , Uncle Tom's Cabin , ch. 18:
* 1883 , , "Stephen Archer" in Stephen Archer and Other Tales :
Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
A person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle there.
A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
As adjectives the difference between indigenous and immigrant
is that indigenous is born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion while immigrant is of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.As a noun immigrant is
a person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle there.indigenous
English
Adjective
(-)- Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores.
- She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race.
- He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him.