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Residence vs Quarters - What's the difference?

residence | quarters |

As nouns the difference between residence and quarters

is that residence is the place where one lives while quarters is plural of lang=en.

residence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The place where one lives.
  • * Macaulay
    • Johnson took up his residence in London.
  • A building used as a home.
  • The place where a corporation is established.
  • The state of living in a particular place or environment.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.
  • The place where anything rests permanently.
  • * Milton
    • But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then fights against his own majesty and kingship.
  • subsidence, as of a sediment
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
    • (Jeremy Taylor)

    Related terms

    * reside * residency * resident * residential

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    quarters

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (pluralonly, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , 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.