Sheltered vs Dwell - What's the difference?
sheltered | dwell |
Protected, as from wind or weather.
:The boat was much safer, during the storm, in the sheltered cove.
(Of a person) who grew up being overprotected by parents or other guardians; often implies a lack of social skills, worldly experience, etc.
(shelter)
(engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
(engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
(electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
(automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).
To live; to reside.
* Peacham
* C. J. Smith
To linger (on ) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).
(engineering) To be in a given state.
To abide; to remain; to continue.
* Shakespeare
* Wordsworth
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English irregular verbs
As verbs the difference between sheltered and dwell
is that sheltered is (shelter) while dwell is to live; to reside.As an adjective sheltered
is protected, as from wind or weather.As a noun dwell is
(engineering) a period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.sheltered
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(head)dwell
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- the parish in which I was born, dwell , and have possessions
- The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides.
- I'll rather dwell in my necessity.
- Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.