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The Painkiller Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
immigrant and emigrant
what's the exact difference between these two words :
immigrant and emigrant .
According to Oxford, immigrant is a person who has come to live permanently in a country that is not their own, while emigrant is a person who leaves their country to live in another .
Thanks in advance
immigrant and emigrant .
According to Oxford, immigrant is a person who has come to live permanently in a country that is not their own, while emigrant is a person who leaves their country to live in another .
Thanks in advance
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Hi, I'd look at it in terms of flows and points of view. Premise: I live in Italy. If a person, say from Spain, came to live in my country, to me he would be an immigrant (but to Spanish people he'd be an emigrant).
- Hi, I'd look at it in terms of flows and points of view.
- Premise: I live in Italy.
- If a person, say from Spain, came to live in my country, to me he would be an immigrant (but to Spanish people he'd be an emigrant).
- If my neighbour (who's Italian) came to live in Spain, to me he would be an emigrant (but to Spanish people he'd be an immigrant).
- You emigrate from a country ( origin ) to another country ( destination ) >> focus on the place you're leaving ( origin) You immigrate into a country ( destination ) >> focus on the place you're going to live ( destination) I have a question, too (to native speakers).
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Hi, I'd look at it in terms of flows and points of view.
Premise: I live in Italy.
If a person, say from Spain, came to live in my country, to me he would be an immigrant (but to Spanish people he'd be an emigrant).
If my neighbour (who's Italian) came to live in Spain, to me he would be an emigrant (but to Spanish people he'd be an immigrant).
You emigrate from a countr
Premise: I live in Italy.
If a person, say from Spain, came to live in my country, to me he would be an immigrant (but to Spanish people he'd be an emigrant).
If my neighbour (who's Italian) came to live in Spain, to me he would be an emigrant (but to Spanish people he'd be an immigrant).
You emigrate from a countr
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It rather depends on the context. These days we talk of expatriate workers, since they generally return to their home countries in due course, whereas emigrants move to another place with the intention of remaining there.
Also, there are numbers of people who have moved to other countries to live, but who remain British citizens and may at any time return to the UK. These are expats rather th
Also, there are numbers of people who have moved to other countries to live, but who remain British citizens and may at any time return to the UK. These are expats rather th
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It works the same way in the U.S. Some of the employees of our company do business in Japan. They sometimes stay there for six months before returning. While they are away from California working in Japan, they are listed on our rolls as "expats".
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CJ
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Hi Painkiller
It may help you remember thse words if you keep in mind that immigrant derives from the Latin in + migrare, "to wander in/into". The n in the preposition has become an m over time because of assimilation. It's easier to pronounce immigrant than inmigrant.
The e in emigrant comes from the Latin preposition ex, which means "out". So an
It may help you remember thse words if you keep in mind that immigrant derives from the Latin in + migrare, "to wander in/into". The n in the preposition has become an m over time because of assimilation. It's easier to pronounce immigrant than inmigrant.
The e in emigrant comes from the Latin preposition ex, which means "out". So an
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