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Residency vs Residence - What's the difference?

residency | residence |

Residence is a related term of residency.



As nouns the difference between residency and residence

is that residency is the position or term of a medical resident while residence is the place where one lives.

residency

English

Noun

(residencies)
  • (US) The position or term of a medical resident
  • The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue
  • The condition of being a resident of a particular place
  • The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies

    • Related terms

    * reside * residence * resident * residential

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    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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