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Housing vs Quarters - What's the difference?

housing | quarters | Synonyms |

Housing is a synonym of quarters.


As nouns the difference between housing and quarters

is that housing is (uncountable) the activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone while quarters is .

As a verb housing

is .

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 ----

    quarters

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (pluralonly, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
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    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=1 citation , passage=“I have visited my quarters , and find them very comfortable.
  • A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
  • quarterfinals.