Residential vs. Resident — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Residential and Resident
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Residential
Designed for people to live in
Private residential and nursing homes
Resident
A diplomatic official residing in a foreign seat of government.
Residential
Of, relating to, or having residence
A residential college.
Resident
A colonial official acting as adviser to the ruler of a protected state, often having quasi-gubernatorial powers.
Residential
Of, suitable for, or limited to residences
Residential zoning.
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Resident
A member of an intelligence-gathering or nonuniformed law enforcement agency who resides and oversees operations in a certain locale
The FBI resident in St. Louis.
Residential
Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.
They live in a residential neighborhood.
Resident
One who lives in a dormitory.
Residential
Used as a residence or by residents.
Resident
A physician receiving specialized clinical training in a hospital, usually after completing an internship.
Residential
Of or pertaining to residency.
There is a residential requirement for obtaining a marriage license here.
Resident
A nonmigratory bird or other animal.
Residential
A trip during which people temporarily live together.
The youth group organises annual residentials.
Resident
Dwelling in a particular place; residing
Resident aliens.
Residential
Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade; a residential part of town.
Resident
Living somewhere in connection with duty or work.
Residential
Residing; residentiary.
Resident
Filling a particular role in a group or organization
The museum's official resident poet.
The office's resident gossipmonger.
Residential
Used or designed for residence or limited to residences;
A residential hotel
A residential quarter
A residential college
Residential zoning
Resident
Inherently present
Resident anxieties.
Residential
Of or relating to or connected with residence;
A residential requirement for the doctorate
Resident
Nonmigratory
Resident fauna.
Resident
A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
Resident
A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
Resident
A physician receiving specialized medical training.
She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.
Resident
A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
Resident
(legal) A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
Resident
(espionage) rezident
Resident
Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
Resident in the city or in the country
Resident
Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
He is our resident computer expert.
Resident
(obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
Resident
Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.
Resident
Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; - opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.
Resident
Fixed; stable; certain.
One there still resident as day and night.
Resident
One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
Resident
A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; - a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister, 4.
Resident
Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
Resident
A physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital;
The resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital
Resident
Living in a particular place;
Resident aliens
Resident
Used of animals that do not migrate
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