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Overseas vs Immigrant - What's the difference?

overseas | immigrant |

As an adjective overseas

is abroad.

As an adverb overseas

is abroad.

As a noun immigrant is

immigrant.

overseas

English

Alternative forms

* (British) oversea

Adjective

(-)
  • Abroad.
    • Overseas branches of the company are doing well.
  • Living (being resident) in a foreign country.
    • Overseas Chinese communities exist in North and South America.
  • Across a sea.
    • Her overseas trip went well.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Abroad.
    • He emigrated and now lives overseas .
  • Across a sea.

    • immigrant

    English

    (Immigration)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Antonyms

    * emigrant

    Derived terms

    * landed immigrant

    See also

    * expatriate

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