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Inhabitation vs Settlement - What's the difference?

inhabitation | settlement |

As nouns the difference between inhabitation and settlement

is that inhabitation is the act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling while settlement is the state of being settled.

inhabitation

English

Noun

(inhabitations)
  • The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.
  • Abode; place of dwelling; residence.
  • Population; inhabitants.
  • settlement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of being settled.
  • A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
  • A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
  • (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
  • (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
  • (legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
  • (legal) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
  • (legal) A resolution of a dispute.
  • Synonyms

    * (A resolution of a dispute) arrangement

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * settlement agreement