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Building vs Premises - What's the difference?

building | premises |

As nouns the difference between building and premises

is that building is the act or process of building while premises is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals.

As a verb building

is present participle of lang=en.

building

English

Etymology 1

(etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) The act or process of building.
  • A closed structure with walls and a roof.
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    Synonyms
    * (act or process of building) construction * (closed structure with walls and a roof) edifice * See also
    Derived terms
    * apartment building * * building blocks * building permit * building society * building trade * office building * outbuilding * shipbuilding * bodybuilding * main building

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    See (build)

    Verb

    (head)

    • premises

    English

    (wikipedia premises)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (logic) English plurals
  • (plural only) land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
  • (legal, plural only) The subject of a conveyance or deed

    • Anagrams

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