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Dwelling vs Inhabiting - What's the difference?

dwelling | inhabiting |

As verbs the difference between dwelling and inhabiting

is that dwelling is while inhabiting is .

As a noun dwelling

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

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
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    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
    • I was dwelling in the cave.

    inhabiting

    English

    Verb

    (head)