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Lodging vs Lodgment - What's the difference?

lodging | lodgment |

As nouns the difference between lodging and lodgment

is that lodging is a place to live or lodge while lodgment is an area used for lodging.

lodging

English

(wikipedia lodging)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A place to live or lodge.
  • sleeping accommodation.
  • * 1843 , '', book 2, ch. XI, ''The Abbot’s Ways
    • When I was a Cloister-monk, I was once sent to , and I had to beg a lodging there.
  • (in the plural) Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.
  • The condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or damaged so that it cannot stand upright, as by weather conditions or because the stem is not strong enough to support the plant.

    • Related terms

    * lodge

    Anagrams

    * godling

    lodgment

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lodgement (UK)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) An area used for lodging.
  • (US) The condition of being lodged.
  • (US) The act of lodging.