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Domicile vs Settled - What's the difference?

domicile | settled |

As verbs the difference between domicile and settled

is that domicile is to have a domicile in a particular place while settled is (settle).

As a noun domicile

is (formal) a home or residence.

As an adjective settled is

comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.

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)

    Related terms

    * domiciled * domiciliary

    Verb

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

    settled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.
    • It took me a while to feel settled after I moved to this big city.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (settle)