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Migrate vs. Migration — What's the Difference?

Migrate vs. Migration — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Migrate and Migration

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Migrate

To move from one country or region and settle in another.

Migration

Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another
This butterfly's annual migration across North America

Migrate

To change location periodically, especially by moving seasonally from one region to another.

Migration

Movement from one part of something to another
There is virtually no cell migration in plants

Migrate

(Computers) To be moved from one system to another
Migrated to an updated version of the platform.
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Migration

The act or an instance of migrating.

Migrate

To move (something) from one system to another
Migrated specific applications to a selected server.

Migration

A group migrating together.

Migrate

(intransitive) To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.
Twice a year the geese migrate — from Florida to Canada and back again.
Twice a year the Minnesotans migrate from their state to the Gulf of Mexico.

Migration

The movement of one atom or more from one position to another within a molecule.

Migrate

(intransitive) To change one's geographic pattern of habitation.
Many groups had migrated to western Europe from the plains of eastern Europe.

Migration

The movement of ions between electrodes during electrolysis.

Migrate

(intransitive) To change habitations across a border; to move from one country or political region to another.
To escape persecution, they migrated to a neutral country.

Migration

An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.

Migrate

(intransitive) To move slowly towards, usually in groups.
Once the hosts started bickering in the kitchens, the guests began to migrate towards the living room.

Migration

Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.

Migrate

: To move computer code or files from one computer or network to another.
They had finished migrating all of the affected code to the production server by 2:00am, three hours later than expected.

Migration

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

Migrate

To induce customers to shift purchases from one set of a company's related products to another.
We were hoping to migrate the customers of the "C" series to the "E" series and the "E" customers to the "S" series.

Migration

(computing) Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.

Migrate

To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West.

Migration

(biochemistry) The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.

Migrate

To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; - said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds.

Migration

The act of migrating.

Migrate

Move from one country or region to another and settle there;
Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century
This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries

Migration

The movement of persons from one country or locality to another

Migrate

Move periodically or seasonally;
Birds migrate in the Winter
The worker migrate to where the crops need harvesting

Migration

A group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

Migration

(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule

Migration

The periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding

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