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Household vs. Domestic — What's the Difference?

Household vs. Domestic — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Household and Domestic

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Household

A household consists of one or several persons who live in the same dwelling and share meals. It may also consist of a single family or another group of people.

Domestic

Of or relating to the family or household
Domestic chores.

Household

A domestic unit consisting of the members of a family who live together along with nonrelatives such as servants.

Domestic

Fond of home life and household affairs.

Household

The living spaces and possessions belonging to such a unit.
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Domestic

Tame or domesticated. Used of animals.

Household

A person or group of people occupying a single dwelling
The rise of nonfamily households.

Domestic

Of or relating to a country's internal affairs
Domestic issues such as tax rates and highway construction.

Household

Of, relating to, or used in a household
Household appliances.

Domestic

Produced in or indigenous to a particular country
Domestic oil.
Domestic wine.

Household

Commonly known; familiar
Has become a household name.

Domestic

A household servant.

Household

Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.

Domestic

Often domestics Household linens.

Household

(obsolete) A line of ancestry; a race or house.

Domestic

A product or substance discovered in, developed in, or exported from a particular country.

Household

Belonging to the same house and family.

Domestic

Of or relating to the home.

Household

Found in or having its origin in a home.

Domestic

Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
Domestic violence;
Domestic hot water

Household

Widely known to the public; familiar.
A household word; a household name

Domestic

(of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.

Household

Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.
And calls, without affecting airs,His household twice a day to prayers.

Domestic

Internal to a specific country.

Household

A line of ancestory; a race or house.

Domestic

Tending to stay at home; not outgoing.

Household

Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs.

Domestic

A maid or household servant.

Household

A social unit living together;
He moved his family to Virginia
It was a good Christian household
I waited until the whole house was asleep
The teacher asked how many people made up his home

Domestic

A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent.

Domestic

Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants.
His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong.

Domestic

Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.

Domestic

Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions.

Domestic

Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals.

Domestic

Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc.

Domestic

One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant.
The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic.

Domestic

Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods.

Domestic

A household servant

Domestic

Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation;
Domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction

Domestic

Of or relating to the home;
Domestic servant
Domestic science

Domestic

Of or involving the home or family;
Domestic worries
Domestic happiness
They share the domestic chores
Everything sounded very peaceful and domestic
An author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste

Domestic

Converted or adapted to domestic use;
Domestic animals
Domesticated plants like maize

Domestic

Produced in a particular country;
Domestic wine
Domestic oil

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