House vs. Home — What's the Difference?

A House is a physical structure designed for habitation.

A Home refers to a place where one lives, especially as a member of a family or household.

A House may refer to a legislative body in certain contexts.

Home symbolizes the place where one was born or raised.

A house is a single-unit residential building, which may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space.

Home can imply a place of origin for something.

A building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys

A Home represents a place where something is discovered, founded, developed, or promoted.

A building in which people meet for a particular activity

Home can refer to a comfortable or congenial environment.

A religious community that occupies a particular building

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.

A legislative or deliberative assembly

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

A style of electronic dance music typically having sparse, repetitive vocals and a fast beat

An institution for people needing professional care or supervision

A twelfth division of the celestial sphere, based on the positions of the ascendant and midheaven at a given time and place, and determined by any of a number of methods.

The finishing point in a race

Old-fashioned term for bingo

Relating to the place where one lives

(of an animal or plant) kept in, frequenting, or infesting buildings.

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

Relating to a firm, institution, or society

Denoting the administrative centre of an organization

Provide with shelter or accommodation

To or at the place where one lives

Provide space for; contain or accommodate

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

A structure serving as a dwelling for one or more persons, especially for a family.

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

A household or family.

Provide (an animal) with a home as a pet

Something, such as a burrow or shell, that serves as a shelter or habitation for a wild animal.

A place where one lives; a residence.

A dwelling for a group of people, such as students or members of a religious community, who live together as a unit

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

A building that functions as the primary shelter or location of something

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

A building devoted to a particular activity

An environment offering security and happiness.

A facility, such as a theater or restaurant, that provides entertainment or food for the public

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

The seating area in such an establishment

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

The audience or patrons of such an establishment

The native habitat, as of a plant or animal.

A commercial firm

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

A publishing company

A headquarters; a home base.

A gambling casino.

(Baseball) Home plate.

(Slang) A house of prostitution.

(Games) Home base.

A residential college within a university.

An institution where people are cared for

Often House A legislative or deliberative assembly.

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

The hall or chamber in which such an assembly meets.

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.

A quorum of such an assembly.

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

Often House A family line including ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble family

Taking place in the home

One of the 12 parts into which the heavens are divided in astrology.

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

The sign of the zodiac indicating the seat or station of a planet in the heavens. Also called mansion.

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

House music.

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

To provide living quarters for; lodge

At, to, or toward the direction of home

To shelter, keep, or store in a house or other structure

On or into the point at which something is directed

To fit (something) into a socket or mortise.

To the center or heart of something; deeply

(Nautical) To secure or stow safely.

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

To reside; dwell.

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

To take shelter.

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

A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.

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

An apartment building within a public housing estate.

A dwelling.

(uncountable) Size and quality of residential accommodations.

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.

A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.

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.

The people who live in a house; a household.

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

A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).

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

A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.

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

A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.

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

(historical) A workhouse.

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

The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.

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

A theatre.

A focus point.

(politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.

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

A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.

(baseball) Home plate.

(metaphorical) A place of rest or repose.

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

A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.

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

An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.

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

(astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.

Clipping of home directory

(cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card.

To return to its owner.

A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.

To seek or aim for something.

(curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.

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

Lotto; bingo.

That strikes home; direct, pointed.

(uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.

(obsolete) Personal, intimate.

A small stand of trees in a swamp.

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

(sudoku) A set of cells in a Sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box in classic Sudoku.

To one's home

(music genre) House music.

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

(transitive) To keep within a structure or container.

To one's place of birth

(transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor.

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

To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.

(internet) To the home page

To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.

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

(transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.

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

(transitive) To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.

Into the goal

(obsolete) To drive to a shelter.

(nautical) into the right, proper or stowed position

(obsolete) To deposit and cover, as in the grave.

See Homelyn.

(nautical) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.

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.

To eat.

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

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion.

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

Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.

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.

Those who dwell in the same house; a household.

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.

A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel.

The home base; as, he started for home.

One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament.

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

A firm, or commercial establishment.

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

A public house; an inn; a hotel.

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

A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours.

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

A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.

Close; closely.

An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house.

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.

The body, as the habitation of the soul.

To return home.

The grave.

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 take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle.

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.

To drive to a shelter.

Where you live at a particular time;

To admit to residence; to harbor.

Housing that someone is living in;

To deposit and cover, as in the grave.

The country or state or city where you live;

To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.

An environment offering affection and security;

To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.

An institution where people are cared for;

A dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families;

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

An official assembly having legislative powers;

A social unit living together;

A building in which something is sheltered or located;

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

A social unit living together;

Place where something began and flourished;

A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented;

Provide with, or send to, a home

Members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments;

Return home accurately from a long distance;

Aristocratic family line;

Used of your own ground;

The members of a religious community living together

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

The audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema;

Inside the country;

Play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults;

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

(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

On or to the point aimed at;

The management of a gambling house or casino;

To the fullest extent; to the heart;

Contain or cover;

Provide housing for;

A House can denote a building that holds certain activities or businesses.

A House can symbolize a familial lineage or dynasty.

A House may also refer to a place providing specific services.

A Home refers to a place marked by affection, memories, and belonging.

A House is a tangible structure intended for habitation or usage.

Yes, when a House is infused with emotional and relational significance, it becomes a Home.

Primarily yes, but metaphorically, it can refer to other structures like a parliament House or a House of worship.

Elements like comfort, safety, memories, and belonging are associated with a Home.

Yes, any place, owned or rented, can be considered a Home if it holds emotional value.

No, a Home can be any place that holds emotional significance and comfort, not necessarily a House.

Physical characteristics like size, structure, and design typically define a House.

Yes, when emotional, memorable, and personalized aspects are infused into a House, it becomes a Home.

Yes, Houses can be modified or designed to accommodate businesses, like guesthouses or home offices.

Yes, people often refer to their town, city, or country as Home due to emotional and relational attachments.

Absolutely, individuals can associate the feelings tied to Home in multiple places.