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Denizens vs Resident - What's the difference?

denizens | resident |

As nouns the difference between denizens and resident

is that denizens is plural of denizen while resident is person, animal or plant living at a location or in an area.

As a verb denizens

is third-person singular of denizen.

As an adjective resident is

dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.

denizens

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (denizen)
  • resident

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Person]], animal or plant [[live, living at a location or in an area.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
  • A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
  • A graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty.
  • A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
  • Derived terms

    * permanent resident

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
  • resident in the city or in the country
  • Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
  • He is our resident computer expert.
  • (obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • stable and resident like a rock
  • * Davenant
  • one there still resident as day and night

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