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Resides vs Inhabits - What's the difference?

resides | inhabits |

As verbs the difference between resides and inhabits

is that resides is while inhabits is (inhabit).

resides

English

Verb

(head)
  • (reside)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    reside

    English

    Verb

    (resid)
  • To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=6 citation , passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks?; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]}}
  • To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
  • To sink; to settle, as sediment.
  • See also

    * abide * dwell * live * stay

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    inhabits

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (inhabit)

  • inhabit

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enhabit (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To live or reside in.
  • The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.
  • * Moore
  • O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?
  • To be present in; to occupy.
  • Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.

    Synonyms

    * bedwell

    Derived terms

    * inhabitable