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Housing vs Package - What's the difference?

housing | package |

As verbs the difference between housing and package

is that housing is while package is to pack or bundle something.

As nouns the difference between housing and package

is that housing is (uncountable) the activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone while package is something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.

housing

English

Verb

(head)
    • We are housing the Wik* servers in Florida.

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
  • (uncountable) Residences, collectively.
    • She lives in low-income housing .
  • (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.
    • The gears were grinding against their housing .
  • A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
  • An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
  • (architecture) The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
  • A niche for a statue.
  • (nautical) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
  • (nautical) A houseline.

    • Synonyms

    * (houses, collectively ): accommodation, lodging * (mechanical component's container ): case, casing, cover, covering, lid

    See also

    * house ----

    package

    English

    (wikipedia package)

    Noun

  • Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
  • Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
    • Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?
  • (label) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
  • The act of packing something.
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  • Something resembling a package.
  • A package holiday.
  • A football formation.
    • the "dime" defensive package
    For third and short, they're going to bring in their jumbo package.
  • (euphemistic, vulgar) The male genitalia.
  • A charge made for packing goods.

    • Verb

    (packag)
  • To pack or bundle something.
  • To travel on a package holiday.

    • References

    * English euphemisms