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Transmigration vs Reincarnation - What's the difference?

transmigration | reincarnation |

As nouns the difference between transmigration and reincarnation

is that transmigration is departure from one's homeland to live in another country; migration while reincarnation is a rebirth of a mental capacity, such as a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.

transmigration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Departure from one's homeland to live in another country; migration.
  • The movement of a soul from one body to another after death; metempsychosis.

    • Related terms

    * transmigrable * transmigrant * transmigrate * transmigrator * transmigratory

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    reincarnation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rebirth of a mental capacity, such as a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body
  • The idea of such a rebirth, a specific belief or doctrine on how such a rebirth occurs
  • A fresh embodiment
  • A new, considerably improved, version

    • Synonyms

    * rebirth (1, and to some extent 2)

    Related terms

    * carnal * incarnation * reincarnate * reincarnated

    See also

    * rebirth * transmigration

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