different between roving vs migratory

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

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /?ma?.????t?.?i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ma????e?.t?.?i/

Adjective

migratory (not comparable)

1. (of birds, etc) Migrating.
2. Roving; wandering; nomadic.

   migratory habits; a migratory life

Antonyms

• sedentary

Derived terms

• migratory bird
• nonmigratory, non-migratory

Related terms

• migration

Translations