Diaspora vs. Migration

Diasporanoun

The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Captivity.

Diasporanoun

Any similar dispersion.

Diasporanoun

A group so dispersed, especially Jews outside of the land of Israel.

Diasporanoun

The regions where such a dispersed group (especially the Jews) resides, taken collectively.

Diasporanoun

Any dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture.

Diasporanoun

Lit., "Dispersion." - applied collectively: (a) To those Jews who, after the Exile, were scattered through the Old World, and afterwards to Jewish Christians living among heathen. Cf. James i. 1. (b) By extension, to Christians isolated from their own communion, as among the Moravians to those living, usually as missionaries, outside of the parent congregation.

Diasporanoun

the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel

Diasporanoun

the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time

Diasporanoun

the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)

Diasporanoun

the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel.

Diasporanoun

Jews living outside Israel.

Diasporanoun

the dispersion or spread of any people from their original homeland

Diasporanoun

people who have spread or been dispersed from their homeland

Diaspora

A diaspora ( dye-AS-pər-ə) is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale. Historically, the word diaspora was used to refer to the mass dispersion of a population from its indigenous territories, specifically the dispersion of Jews.

Migrationnoun

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

Migrationnoun

Seasonal moving for animals, as birds or fishes, to breed or find a new home.

Migrationnoun

Movement in general.

Migrationnoun

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

Migrationnoun

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

Migrationnoun

The act of migrating.

Migrationnoun

the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

Migrationnoun

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

Migrationnoun

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

Migrationnoun

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

Migrationnoun

seasonal movement of animals from one region to another

Migrationnoun

movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions

Migrationnoun

movement from one part of something to another