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Migration vs Genographic - What's the difference?

migration | genographic |

As a noun migration

is an instance of moving to live in another place for a while.

As a adjective genographic is

of the use of genetics to study human migration over time.

migration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
  • Seasonal moving for animals, birds or fishes to breed or find a new home.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01-01
  • , author=Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore , title=Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight , volume=101, issue=1, page=47–48 , magazine= citation , passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus ) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration .}}
  • Movement in general.
  • The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.
  • (computing) Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
  • Derived terms

    * stepwise migration * migrate * migratory

    genographic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of the use of genetics to study human migration over time