The difference between Expatriate and Immigrant
When used as nouns, expatriate means one who has been banished from their own country, whereas immigrant means a person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle there.
When used as adjectives, expatriate means living outside of one's own country, whereas immigrant means of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
Expatriate is also verb with the meaning: to banish.
check bellow for the other definitions of Expatriate and Immigrant
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Expatriate as an adjective:
Living outside of one's own country.
Examples:
"an expatriate rebel force"
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Expatriate as a noun:
One who lives outside their own country. One who has been banished from their own country.
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Expatriate as a verb (transitive):
To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
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Expatriate as a verb (intransitive):
To withdraw from one's native country.
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Expatriate as a verb (intransitive):
To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
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Immigrant as an adjective:
Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
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Immigrant as a noun:
A person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle there.
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Immigrant as a noun:
A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.