Housemate vs Flatmate - What's the difference?
housemate | flatmate | Synonyms |
A person with whom one shares a flat.
* 2002 , Elaine Lally, At Home with Computers ,
* 2007 , C. N. Barton, The Cambridge Diaries: A Tale of Friendship, Love and Economics ,
* 2011 , Ghada Osman, A Journey in Islamic Thought: The Life of Fathi Osman ,
(UK, NZ) A person with whom one shares a rental property, not necessarily a flat.
* 1993 , Beryl Fletcher, The Iron Mouth ,
* 2003 , Jen Birch, Congratulations! It?s Asperger Syndrome ,
* 2007 , CCH New Zealand, Top 100 Questions and Answers on Taxing Land Transactions ,
Flatmate is a synonym of housemate.
As nouns the difference between housemate and flatmate
is that housemate is someone living in the same house while flatmate is a person with whom one shares a flat.flatmate
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(en noun)page 149,
- Yet when both Regine and her flatmate' are at home they tend to spend their time in their rooms, although Regine (and probably the ' flatmate too) tends to spend more time in the communal areas of the flat when the other is not at home.
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- “So, it would probably [be] best if we could find another flatmate and go for a flat of five, and if old Chip does pull out, at least we can then drop down to a flat of four. What do you reckon?”
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- Kamal moved Fathi?s things into his own room, and the two became flatmates .
- The apartment in which Kamal lived was spacious, with several large rooms and various flatmates .
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- It had been weeks since all the flatmates had sat down together for a meal. Communication was breaking down. Written notes had begun to appear all over the house; please don?t touch this food, I bought it especially for Hermione .
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- One night, one of the flatmates (the one who owned the house) was ranting and raving all night about her girlfriend.
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- The position may have been different when your client was living in the house with the flatmates .
