estate vs homestead

homestead vs estate

estate and homestead both are nouns.

estate is not a verb while homestead is a verb.

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

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

estate: extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
homestead: land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law

Other hyponyms of estate include freehold, glebe, leasehold, smallholding, feoff, fief, barony, countryseat, Crown land, manor, seigneury, seigniory, signory, hacienda, plantation, entail.

estate (noun)	homestead (noun)
a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights	dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use	the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities	land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law

estate (verb)	homestead (verb)
	settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

Difference between estate and homestead

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