Dwell vs Visit - What's the difference?
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(engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
(engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
(electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
(automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).
To live; to reside.
* Peacham
* C. J. Smith
To linger (on ) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).
(engineering) To be in a given state.
To abide; to remain; to continue.
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* Wordsworth
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English irregular verbs
Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
* Bible, (w) i. 68
* 1611 , Bible , Authorized (King James) Version, (w) I.6:
To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
(intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
* 1788 , (Edward Gibbon), (The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) , volume 68:
Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
* 1890 , (James George Frazer), (The Golden Bough) :
To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) (on) or (upon) someone.
* 2011 , John Mullan, The Guardian , 2 Dec 2011:
To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.
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A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
As nouns the difference between dwell and visit
is that dwell is a period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state while visit is a single act of visiting.As verbs the difference between dwell and visit
is that dwell is to live; to reside while visit is of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below..dwell
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(en noun)Verb
- the parish in which I was born, dwell , and have possessions
- The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides.
- I'll rather dwell in my necessity.
- Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.
See also
* abide * live * reside * stayReferences
visit
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(en verb)- [God] hath visited and redeemed his people.
- Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
- Her life was spared by the clemency of the emperor, but he visited the pomp and treasures of her palace.
- There used to be a sharp contest as to where the effigy was to be made, for the people thought that the house from which it was carried forth would not be visited with death that year.
- If this were an Ibsen play, we would be thinking of the sins of one generation being visited upon another, he said.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
