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Residence vs Dwell - What's the difference?

residence | dwell |

As nouns the difference between residence and dwell

is that residence is the place where one lives while dwell is a period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.

As a verb dwell is

to live; to reside.

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

    External links

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    dwell

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
  • (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
  • (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
  • (automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).

    • Verb

  • To live; to reside.
  • * Peacham
    • the parish in which I was born, dwell , and have possessions
  • * C. J. Smith
    • The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides.
  • To linger (on ) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).
  • (engineering) To be in a given state.
  • To abide; to remain; to continue.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I'll rather dwell in my necessity.
  • * Wordsworth
    • Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.

    Related terms

    * dwelling * dwell on, dwell upon

    See also

    * abide * live * reside * stay

    References

    * * English irregular verbs