domicile vs homestead

homestead vs domicile

domicile and homestead both are nouns.

domicile and homestead both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
domicile	Yes	No	Yes	No
homestead	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

domicile: housing that someone is living in
homestead: dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land

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

domicile (noun)	homestead (noun)
housing that someone is living in	dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
(law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time	the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
	land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law

domicile (verb)	homestead (verb)
make one's home in a particular place or community	settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

Difference between domicile and homestead

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