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dugout vs dwelling

dwelling vs dugout

dugout and dwelling both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dugout Yes No No No
dwelling Yes No No No
As nouns, dwelling is a hypernym of dugout; that is, dwelling is a word with a broader meaning than dugout:
  • dugout: a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.
  • dwelling: housing that someone is living in
Other hypernyms of dugout include abode, domicile, dwelling house, habitation, home, shelter.
dugout (noun) dwelling (noun)
a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground housing that someone is living in
either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game
a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log
a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.
Difference between dugout and dwelling

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