different between roving vs migrant

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??o?v??/

Adjective

roving (comparative more roving, superlative most roving)

1. wandering freely.

   His roving eyes never focused on anything specific.

   • 1989, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Visible Breath, Dark Horse Books

     It could complicate things for our little household. Particularly when Larry’s roving eye is factored in.

Synonyms

• wandering

Derived terms

• roving eye
• roving reporter
• roving editor

Translations

Verb

roving

1. present participle of rove

Noun

roving (countable and uncountable, plural rovings)

1. A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn.
2. The process of giving the first twist to yarn.

Anagrams

• voring

English

Etymology

From French migrant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma????nt/

Noun

migrant (plural migrants)

1. A migratory bird or other animal.
2. Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.
3. (informal) An immigrant or refugee.
4. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called an emigrant.

Hyponyms

• emigrant
• immigrant

Related terms

• migrate
• migration

Translations

Adjective

migrant (comparative more migrant, superlative most migrant)

1. Migratory.

Anagrams

• Ntigram, marting

Catalan

Verb

migrant

1. present participle of migrar

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin migrans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi??r?nt/
• Hyphenation: mi?grant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

migrant m (plural migranten, diminutive migrantje n, feminine migrante)

1. migrant

Hyponyms

• emigrant
• immigrant

French

Noun

migrant m (plural migrants)

1. Traveler or worker who moves from one region or country to another.

Adjective

migrant (feminine singular migrante, masculine plural migrants, feminine plural migrantes)

1. migrant, migratory

Verb

migrant

1. present participle of migrer

Latin

Verb

migrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of migr?