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Roommate vs Roomies - What's the difference?

roommate | roomies |

As nouns the difference between roommate and roomies

is that roommate is a person with whom one shares a room, as at university etc while roomies is .

roommate

English

Noun

(wikipedia roommate)
  • A person with whom one shares a room, as at university etc.
  • A person with whom one shares an apartment or house (UK: flatmate or housemate).
  • Derived terms

    * roommatehood

    Synonyms

    * (informal) roomie * (US ) flatmate, housemate

    roomies

    English

    Noun

    (head)