domicile vs residence

residence vs domicile

domicile and residence both are nouns.

domicile is a verb but residence is not a verb.

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

As nouns, residence is a hypernym of domicile; that is, residence is a word with a broader meaning than domicile:

domicile: (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
residence: any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

Other hypernyms of domicile include abode.

domicile (noun)	residence (noun)
housing that someone is living in	the act of dwelling in a place
(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 official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
	a large and imposing house
	any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

domicile (verb)	residence (verb)
make one's home in a particular place or community

Difference between domicile and residence

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