Habitational vs Dwelling - What's the difference?
habitational | dwelling |
Pertaining to habitation or an inhabited region.
(of a name) Deriving from the name of a place where a presumed ancestor once lived. 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
As an adjective habitational
is pertaining to habitation or an inhabited region.As a noun dwelling is
a habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.As a verb dwelling is
.habitational
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Adjective
(-)dwelling
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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.