colonial vs resident

resident vs colonial

colonial and resident both are nouns.

colonial and resident both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colonial	Yes	Yes	No	No
resident	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, resident is a hypernym of colonial; that is, resident is a word with a broader meaning than colonial:

colonial: a resident of a colony
resident: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

Other hypernyms of colonial include occupant, occupier.

colonial (noun)	resident (noun)
a resident of a colony	someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
	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

colonial (adjective)	resident (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony	living in a particular place
of animals who live in colonies, such as ants	used of animals that do not migrate
composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony

Difference between colonial and resident

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