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Migratory vs Nomadic - What's the difference?

migratory | nomadic |

As adjectives the difference between migratory and nomadic

is that migratory is (of birds|etc) that migrate while nomadic is of, or relating to nomads.

migratory

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (of birds, etc) that migrate
  • Roving; wandering; nomadic.
    • migratory''' habits; a '''migratory life

    Antonyms

    * sedentary

    Related terms

    * migration * nonmigratory

    nomadic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * nomadick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to nomads.
  • Leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; peripatetic, itinerant.
  • * {{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.}}

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