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Dwelling vs. Living — What's the Difference?

Dwelling vs. Living — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Dwelling and Living

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Dwelling

In law, a dwelling (also residence, abode) is a self-contained unit of accommodation used by one or more households as a home - such as a house, apartment, mobile home, houseboat, vehicle, or other "substantial" structure. The concept of a dwelling has significance in relation to search and seizure, conveyancing of real property, burglary, trespass, and land-use planning.

Living

Possessing life
Famous living painters.
Transplanted living tissue.

Dwelling

A house, flat, or other place of residence
The proposed dwelling is out of keeping with those nearby

Living

In active function or use
A living language.

Dwelling

A place to live in; an abode.
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Living

Of persons who are alive
Events within living memory.

Dwelling

A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.

Living

Relating to the routine conduct or maintenance of life
Improved living conditions in the city.

Dwelling

Present participle of dwell

Living

Full of life, interest, or vitality
Made history a living subject.

Dwelling

Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons.
God will deignTo visit oft the dwellings of just men.
Philip's dwelling fronted on the street.

Living

True to life; realistic
The living image of her mother.

Dwelling

Housing that someone is living in;
He built a modest dwelling near the pond
They raise money to provide homes for the homeless

Living

Still in place as part of a larger mass. Used especially of rock
“In a great hall with pillars hewn out of the living stone sat the Elvenking on a chair of carven wood” (J. R. R. Tolkien). “Carved into a sandstone cliff face towered over by 18,000-foot peaks stood the colossal Buddhas.

Living

Having motion suggestive of life. Used especially of water
“The rippling of living waters, the song of birds, the joyous confidence of flowers, the calm, undisturbable grandeur of the oaks, mark this place ... as one of the Lord's most favored abodes of life and light” (John Muir).

Living

(Informal) Used as an intensive
Beat the living hell out of his opponent in the boxing match.

Living

The condition or action of maintaining life
The high cost of living.

Living

A manner or style of life
Preferred plain living.

Living

A means of maintaining life; livelihood
Made their living by hunting.

Living

Chiefly British A church benefice, including the revenue attached to it.

Living

Present participle of live

Living

Having life; alive.
A living, breathing child
Respect for the dead does not preclude respect for the living.

Living

In use or existing.
Hunanese is a living language.

Living

Of everyday life.
These living conditions are deplorable.

Living

True to life.
This is the living image of Fidel Castro.

Living

Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.

Living

Continually updated; not static
HTML is a living standard.

Living

Used as an intensifier.
He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

Living

(uncountable) The state of being alive.

Living

Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
What do you do for a living?

Living

A style of life.
Plain living

Living

(canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.

Living

Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead.

Living

Active; lively; vigorous; - said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle.

Living

Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; - opposed to stagnant.

Living

Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.

Living

Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
Then on the living coals wine they pour.

Living

The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.

Living

Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.

Living

Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate; as, to make a comfortable living from writing.
She can spin for her living.
He divided unto them his living.

Living

Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.
There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases.

Living

The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.
He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living

Living

The experience of living; the course of human events and activities;
He could no longer cope with the complexities of life

Living

People who are still living;
Save your pity for the living

Living

The condition of living or the state of being alive;
While there's life there's hope
Life depends on many chemical and physical processes

Living

The financial means whereby one lives;
Each child was expected to pay for their keep
He applied to the state for support
He could no longer earn his own livelihood

Living

Pertaining to living persons;
Within living memory

Living

True to life; lifelike;
The living image of her mother

Living

Dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination;
Living quarters
Tree-living animals

Living

(informal) absolute;
She is a living doll
Scared the living daylights out of them
Beat the living hell out of him

Living

Still in existence;
The Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil
The only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania

Living

Still in active use;
A living language

Living

(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried;
Carved into the living stone

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