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Sojourn vs Dwell - What's the difference?

sojourn | dwell |

In intransitive terms the difference between sojourn and dwell

is that sojourn is to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger while dwell is to abide; to remain; to continue.

sojourn

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short stay somewhere.
  • * 2006 , Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy (page 1168)
    • The use of vasoconstrictors to increase the sojourn of local anesthetics at the site of infiltration continues
  • A temporary residence.
    • Though long detained / In that obscure sojourn . — Milton.

    Verb

  • To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
  • * Bible, Genesis xii. 30
    • Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.
  • * Hayward
    • The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days.

    Conjugation

    * The archaic third-person singular present active indicative form sojourneth is also attested.

    Related terms

    * sojourner

    References

    Anagrams

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    dwell

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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).

    • Verb

  • To live; to reside.
  • * Peacham
    • the parish in which I was born, dwell , and have possessions
  • * C. J. Smith
    • The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides.
  • 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
    • I'll rather dwell in my necessity.
  • * Wordsworth
    • Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.

    Related terms

    * dwelling * dwell on, dwell upon

    See also

    * abide * live * reside * stay

    References

    * * English irregular verbs