abode vs pithouse

pithouse vs abode

abode and pithouse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abode	Yes	No	No	No
pithouse	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pithouse is a hyponym of abode; that is, pithouse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than abode:

abode: housing that someone is living in
pithouse: a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.

Other hyponyms of abode include cliff dwelling, condo, condominium, fixer-upper, fireside, hearth, hermitage, homestead, house, lake dwelling, pile dwelling, indian lodge, lodge, messuage, semi-detached house, vacation home, yurt, dug-out, dugout, pit-house.

abode (noun)	pithouse (noun)
housing that someone is living in	a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

Difference between abode and pithouse

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