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dwelling house vs pithouse

pithouse vs dwelling house

dwelling house and pithouse both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dwelling house Yes No No No
pithouse Yes No No No
As nouns, pithouse is a hyponym of dwelling house; that is, pithouse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dwelling house:
  • dwelling house: housing that someone is living in
  • pithouse: 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 house (noun) pithouse (noun)
housing that someone is living in 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 dwelling house and pithouse

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