Settlement vs Subsidence - What's the difference?
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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.
The process of becoming less active or severe
* Bishop Warburton
A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation or seismic activity or groundwater depletion
As nouns the difference between settlement and subsidence
is that settlement is the state of being settled while subsidence is the process of becoming less active or severe.settlement
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(en noun)Synonyms
* (A resolution of a dispute) arrangementHyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* settlement agreementsubsidence
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(wikipedia subsidence)- The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.
