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cohabit vs dwell

dwell vs cohabit

cohabit and dwell both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cohabit No No Yes No
dwell No No Yes No
As verbs, dwell is a hypernym of cohabit; that is, dwell is a word with a broader meaning than cohabit:
  • cohabit: share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple
  • dwell: be an inhabitant of or reside in
Other hypernyms of cohabit include inhabit, live, populate.
cohabit (verb) dwell (verb)
share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple think moodily or anxiously about something
exist together come back to
be an inhabitant of or reside in
originate (in)
exist or be situated within
Difference between cohabit and dwell

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