minus-squarekryptonite@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Thinking of immigrating to Italy - am I insane?linkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 days agoThat’s not the difference. Both words have noun and verb forms. Immigrate = to move to a place Emigrate = to move from a place Immigrant = a person who moved to a place Emigrant = a person who moved from a place So they would be emigrating from the US and immigrating to Italy. They would be a US emigrant and an Italian immigrant. linkfedilink
That’s not the difference. Both words have noun and verb forms.
Immigrate = to move to a place
Emigrate = to move from a place
Immigrant = a person who moved to a place
Emigrant = a person who moved from a place
So they would be emigrating from the US and immigrating to Italy. They would be a US emigrant and an Italian immigrant.