cliff dwelling vs habitation

cliff dwelling and habitation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cliff dwelling	Yes	No	No	No
habitation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, habitation is a hypernym of cliff dwelling; that is, habitation is a word with a broader meaning than cliff dwelling:

cliff dwelling: a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff
habitation: housing that someone is living in

Other hypernyms of cliff dwelling include abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, home.

cliff dwelling (noun)	habitation (noun)
a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff	the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
	housing that someone is living in
	the native habitat or home of an animal or plant