Dwelling vs Reside - What's the difference?
dwelling | reside |
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
To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=6 To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
To sink; to settle, as sediment.
As verbs the difference between dwelling and reside
is that dwelling is while reside 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)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 alsoDerived terms
* dwellinghouse * dwelling place * lake dwelling: prehistoric structureReferences
*Etymology 2
From .Verb
(head)- I was dwelling in the cave.
reside
English
Verb
(resid)citation, passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks?; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]}}
