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Settlement vs Housing - What's the difference?

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In architecture terms the difference between settlement and housing

is that settlement is the gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement while housing is the space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.

As nouns the difference between settlement and housing

is that settlement is the state of being settled while housing is the activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.

As a verb housing is

present participle of lang=en.

settlement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being settled.
  • A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
  • A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
  • (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
  • (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
  • (legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
  • (legal) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
  • (legal) A resolution of a dispute.

    • Synonyms

    * (A resolution of a dispute) arrangement

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * settler

    Derived terms

    * settlement agreement

    housing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • We are housing the Wik* servers in Florida.

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
  • (uncountable) Residences, collectively.
    • She lives in low-income housing .
  • (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.
    • The gears were grinding against their housing .
  • A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
  • An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
  • (architecture) The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
  • A niche for a statue.
  • (nautical) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
  • (nautical) A houseline.

    • Synonyms

    * (houses, collectively ): accommodation, lodging * (mechanical component's container ): case, casing, cover, covering, lid

    See also

    * house ----