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Dwelling vs Hydrobious - What's the difference?

dwelling | hydrobious |

As a noun dwelling

is a habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.

As a verb dwelling

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective hydrobious is

adapted to living or dwelling in water, or in the vicinity of water; dependent upon a water environment for survival; aquatic.

dwelling

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) dwelling, . More at dwell.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings . The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}
    The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.
    Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. -
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * dwellinghouse * dwelling place * lake dwelling: prehistoric structure
    References
    *

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
    • I was dwelling in the cave.

    hydrobious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Adapted to living or dwelling in water, or in the vicinity of water; dependent upon a water environment for survival; aquatic.

    • References

    * "Nowadays, the abandonment of these irrigation systems and the growing urbanization of the Palermo Plain have fragmented increasingly the remaining populations of hydrobious fauna, including those of the Painted Frog." -- Retrieved 10/08/2007 from Morbe3 Biology & Conservation * "the three gems of Rebbuqqa, symbols of the batrachian goddess in her three aspects: zoöphorous egg; hydrobious tadpole; and chthonic toad." -- Retrieved 10/08/2007 from The Gems of Rebbuqqa