Estate vs. Home — What's the Difference?

An extensive area of land in the country, usually with a large house, owned by one person, family, or organization.

A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for an individual, group or family. It is a fully or semi sheltered space and can have both interior and exterior aspects to it.

All the money and property owned by a particular person, especially at death

The place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household

A class or order regarded as forming part of the body politic, in particular (in Britain), one of the three groups constituting Parliament, now the Lords spiritual (the heads of the Church), the Lords temporal (the peerage), and the Commons. They are also known as the three estates

An institution for people needing professional care or supervision

A particular state, period, or condition in life

The finishing point in a race

Short for estate car

Relating to the place where one lives

A landed property, usually of considerable size.

(of a sports fixture) played at the team's own ground

One's property, both real and personal, vested and contingent, especially as disposed of in a will.

Denoting the administrative centre of an organization

The nature and extent of an owner's rights with respect to land or other property.

To or at the place where one lives

Chiefly British A housing development.

(of an animal) return by instinct to its territory after leaving it

The situation or circumstances of one's life

Move or be aimed towards (a target or destination) with great accuracy

Social position or rank, especially of high order.

Provide (an animal) with a home as a pet

A major social class, such as the clergy, the nobility, or the commons, formerly possessing distinct political rights.

A place where one lives; a residence.

The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.

The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment.

State; condition.

A dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household.

(archaic) Status, rank.

An environment offering security and happiness.

(archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.

A valued place regarded as a refuge or place of origin.

(obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.

The place, such as a country or town, where one was born or has lived for a long period.

(historical) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm).

The native habitat, as of a plant or animal.

(legal) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.

The place where something is discovered, founded, developed, or promoted; a source.

An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.

A headquarters; a home base.

The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.

(Baseball) Home plate.

A housing estate.

(Games) Home base.

A station wagon; a car with a tailgate (or liftgate) and storage space to the rear of the seating which is coterminous with the passenger compartment (and often extensible into that compartment via folding or removable seating).

An institution where people are cared for

(obsolete) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.

The starting position of the cursor on a text-based computer display, usually in the upper left corner of the screen.

(computing) An organization's collective information technology resources.

A starting position within a computer application, such as the beginning of a line, file, or screen or the top of a chart or list.

Previously owned; secondhand.

Of or relating to a home, especially to one's household or house

To give an estate to.

Taking place in the home

To bestow upon.

Of, relating to, or being a place of origin or headquarters

Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.

(Sports) Relating to a team's sponsoring institution or to the place where it is franchised

Social standing or rank; quality; dignity.

Of, relating to, or being the keys used as base positions for the fingers in touch-typing

A person of high rank.

At, to, or toward the direction of home

A property which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a person leaves to be divided at his death.

On or into the point at which something is directed

The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.

To the center or heart of something; deeply

The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords temporal, (3) the commons.

To go or return to one's residence or base of operations.

The degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in, or ownership of, lands, tenements, etc.; as, an estate for life, for years, at will, etc.

To guide (a missile or aircraft) to a target.

To establish.

To arrange to have (an animal) placed in a home.

Tom settle as a fortune.

To take (an animal) into one's home.

To endow with an estate.

A dwelling.

Everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.

Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;

The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born and/or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.

A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights

The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.

A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.

(by extension) The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.

One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.

The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.

A focus point.

(board games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.

(baseball) Home plate.

(lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.

(Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.

The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve.

Clipping of home directory

To return to its owner.

To seek or aim for something.

Of, from, or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign

That strikes home; direct, pointed.

(obsolete) Personal, intimate.

(sports) Relating to the home team (the team at whose venue a game is played).

To one's home

To one's place of residence or one's customary or official location

To one's place of birth

To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length

(internet) To the home page

At or in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home

To a full and intimate degree; to the heart of the matter; fully, directly.

Into the goal

(nautical) into the right, proper or stowed position

See Homelyn.

One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace.

One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.

The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine.

A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.

The home base; as, he started for home.

Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal

To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.

Close; closely.

To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home.

To return home.

To proceed toward an object or location intended as a target; - of missiles which can change course in flight under internal or external control; usually used with in on; as, the missile homed in on the radar site.

To arrive at or get closer to an object sought or an intended goal; used with in on; as, the repairman quickly homed in on the cause of the malfunction.

Where you live at a particular time;

Housing that someone is living in;

The country or state or city where you live;

An environment offering affection and security;

An institution where people are cared for;

The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

A social unit living together;

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score;

Place where something began and flourished;

Provide with, or send to, a home

Return home accurately from a long distance;

Used of your own ground;

Relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are;

Inside the country;

At or to or in the direction of one's home or family;

On or to the point aimed at;

To the fullest extent; to the heart;