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.
The biggest improvement in socks since the '80s was when they moved the seam from the end of the toe to the top of the toe. That seam was the bane of my existence.
Not everything is available on streaming. Even things that are available might not be on the services they have subscribed to. Also, while DVDs often have a “play all” option, you can typically play a single episode, and it will stop when it’s over, which is pretty useful for helping to limit how long the kids are watching TV.
A lot of milk replacements are common allergens. I can’t eat almonds. A lot of people can’t have soy. I’m guessing very few people are allergic to all of them, though.
Jam is made with pureed fruit, while jelly is made from fruit juice. Colloquially, though, people use the terms interchangeably constantly.
I always hated the advice to make an L with your hands to see which one was Left. No one ever specified whether you’re supposed to have your palms facing you or facing away, so it’s ambiguous.
When I was a kid, I would picture a dining place setting because I knew the fork was on the left.
That article you linked was a really interesting read. Thanks!
You’re thinking of imaginary numbers. Irrational numbers are real numbers that have an infinite number of decimal places and don’t repeat.
“Thong” can mean a type of sandal, also known as flip-flops, but it’s also the name of a type of underwear or swimsuit bottom that’s basically a string in the back.
I grew up calling flip flops “thongs”, but as I got older, people were almost exclusively using that term for the underwear, so I switched terms to avoid confusion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-flops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thong
I feel like I’m missing a reference here, but are you ok?