What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Lodgings vs Dwelling - What's the difference?

lodgings | dwelling |

As nouns the difference between lodgings and dwelling

is that lodgings is while dwelling is a habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.

As a verb dwelling is

.

lodgings

English

Noun

(head)
  • English plurals
  • A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges.
  • *, chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
  • An official residence.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) (colloquial)

    Anagrams

    *

    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.