habitant vs resident

resident vs habitant

habitant and resident both are nouns.

habitant is not an adjective while resident is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
habitant	Yes	No	No	No
resident	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

habitant: a person who inhabits a particular place
resident: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

Other hyponyms of habitant include Asian, Asiatic, European, Aussie, Australian, Austronesian, Kiwi, New Zealander, American, American, Alsatian, borderer, cottage dweller, cottager, easterner, Galilaean, Galilean, Hittite, island-dweller, islander, landlubber, landman, landsman, Latin, liver, marcher, Nazarene, Northerner, Numidian, Occidental, Philistine, Phrygian, plainsman, occupant, occupier, earthling, earthman, tellurian, worldling, Trinidadian, villager, westerner.

habitant (noun)	resident (noun)
a person who inhabits a particular place	someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
	a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital

habitant (adjective)	resident (adjective)
	living in a particular place
	used of animals that do not migrate

Difference between habitant and resident

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