different between vacation vs migration

English

Etymology

From Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vac?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v??ke??(?)n/, /ve??ke??(?)n/
• (US) enPR: v?-k?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /ve??ke???n/, /v??ke??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n, -e??n
• Hyphenation: va?ca?tion

Noun

vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations)

1. Freedom from some business or activity. [from 14th c.]
2. (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. [15th-17th c.]
3. A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]
4. (Canada, US) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure. [from 19th c.]
5. The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]

6. (US, law) The act of making legally void.

Synonyms

• (freedom from some activity): holiday (UK)
• (free time given over to a specific purpose): annulment, revocation
• (a stretch of leisure time away from work): holiday (UK); see also Thesaurus:vacation
• (act of vacating something): departure, moveout

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)

1. (intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.

   This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.

Synonyms

• (Britain) go on holiday
• go on vacation
• holiday

Translations

Related terms

• vacate

Anagrams

• Octavian

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ka.sj??/

Noun

vacation f (plural vacations)

1. (law) session

Further reading

• “vacation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migr?ti?, from the participle stem of migr? (“I migrate”).Morphologically migrate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ma????e??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

migration (countable and uncountable, plural migrations)

1. An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
2. Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
3. Movement in general.

   The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.

4. (computing) Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
5. (biochemistry) The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.

Derived terms

• chain migration
• internal migration
• loop migration
• mass migration
• relay migration
• stepwise migration

Related terms

• emigration
• migrant
• migrate
• migratory
• immigration
• inmigration, in-migration
• outmigration, out-migration
• porting

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin migr?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

migration f (plural migrations)

1. migration (of animals)
2. migration (of people)

Related terms

• migrer

Further reading

• “migration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Noun

migration f (plural migrations)

1. migration (movement from one place to another)

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin migr?ti?, from migr? (“I migrate”) + -?ti?.

Noun

migration c

1. migration; an instance of moving to live in another place for a while, often used in regards of immigration

2. (biology) migration; seasonal moving for animals, as birds or fishes, to breed or find a new home
3. (computing) migration; instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one

Declension

Derived terms

• Migrationsverket
• migrationspolitik

Related terms

• migrera
• migrant
• immigration
• emigration

References

• migration in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).