Populate vs Resident - What's the difference?
populate | resident |
To supply with inhabitants; to people.
To live in; to inhabit.
To fill initially empty items in a collection.
Person]], animal or plant [[live, living at a location or in an area.
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A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
A graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty.
A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
(obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
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* Davenant
In obsolete terms the difference between populate and resident
is that populate is populous while resident is fixed; stable; certain.As a verb populate
is to supply with inhabitants; to people.As a noun resident is
person, animal or plant living at a location or in an area.populate
English
Verb
- John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate .
resident
English
(wikipedia resident)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* permanent residentAdjective
(en adjective)- resident in the city or in the country
- He is our resident computer expert.
- stable and resident like a rock
- one there still resident as day and night