habitation vs dugout

dugout vs habitation

habitation and dugout both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
habitation	Yes	No	No	No
dugout	Yes	No	No	No

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

habitation: housing that someone is living in
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.

Other hyponyms of habitation include cliff dwelling, condo, condominium, fixer-upper, fireside, hearth, hermitage, homestead, house, lake dwelling, pile dwelling, indian lodge, lodge, messuage, semi-detached house, vacation home, yurt, dug-out, pit-house, pithouse.

habitation (noun)	dugout (noun)
the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)	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
the native habitat or home of an animal or plant	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 habitation and dugout

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