different between wayfaring vs migrant

English

Alternative forms

• waifaring (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English wayferande, weyverinde, wayverinde, from Old English we?farende, we?f?rende (“wayfaring”), equivalent to way +? faring. Cognate with Icelandic vegfarandi. More at wayfare.

Adjective

wayfaring (not comparable)

1. Travelling, especially on foot.
2. Peripatetic.

Noun

wayfaring (countable and uncountable, plural wayfarings)

1. Travel, especially on foot.

Verb

wayfaring

1. present participle of wayfare

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?