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Inhabit vs Dwelling - What's the difference?

inhabit | dwelling |

As verbs the difference between inhabit and dwelling

is that inhabit is to live or reside in while dwelling is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun dwelling is

a habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.

inhabit

English

Alternative forms

* enhabit (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To live or reside in.
    • The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.
  • * Moore
    • O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?
  • To be present in; to occupy.
    • Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.

    Synonyms

    * bedwell

    Related terms

    * inhabitant

    Derived terms

    * inhabitable

    dwelling

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) dwelling, . More at dwell.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 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 also
    Derived terms
    * dwellinghouse * dwelling place * lake dwelling: prehistoric structure
    References
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    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
    • I was dwelling in the cave.