Sojourn vs Habitation - What's the difference?
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A short stay somewhere.
* 2006 , Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy (page 1168)
A temporary residence.
To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
* Bible, Genesis xii. 30
* Hayward
The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
Sojourn is a related term of habitation.
As nouns the difference between sojourn and habitation
is that sojourn is a short stay somewhere while habitation is the act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.As a verb sojourn
is to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.sojourn
English
Noun
(en noun)- The use of vasoconstrictors to increase the sojourn of local anesthetics at the site of infiltration continues
- Though long detained / In that obscure sojourn . — Milton.
Verb
- Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.
- The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days.