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Domicile vs Living - What's the difference?

domicile | living |

As nouns the difference between domicile and living

is that domicile is (formal) a home or residence while living is (uncountable) the state of being alive.

As verbs the difference between domicile and living

is that domicile is to have a domicile in a particular place while living is .

As an adjective living is

having life.

domicile

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (formal) A home or residence.
  • The call to jury duty was sent to my legal domicile ; too bad I was on vacation at the time.
  • (legal) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.
  • (Wharton)

    Verb

  • To have a domicile in a particular place.
  • The answer depends on in which state he was domiciled at his death.
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    living

    English

    (wikipedia living)

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having life.
  • * :
  • It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
  • In use or existing.
  • Hunanese is a living language.
  • Of everyday life.
  • These living conditions are deplorable.
  • True to life.
  • This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
  • He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

    Antonyms

    * dead * nonliving

    Derived terms

    * living death * living end * livingly * living room * living thing * living will

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being alive.
  • Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
  • What do you do for a living ?
  • A style of life.
  • plain living
  • (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.
  • Derived terms

    * make a living

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    * English intensifiers